− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French heraud, herald, from Frankish *heriwald-, [[literally]], leader of an armed force, from *heri- army + *wald- rule; akin to Old High German heri- army, waltan to rule | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French heraud, herald, from Frankish *heriwald-, [[literally]], leader of an armed force, from *heri- army + *wald- rule; akin to Old High German heri- army, waltan to rule |