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wold¹ Definition

wold (wōld)

noun

an elevated, treeless tract of land; specif., a chain of treeless, rolling hills

Etymology: ME wold < OE (Anglian) wald, corresponding to OE (WS) weald: see vole

wold² Definition

wold (wōld)

noun

weld

wold³ Definition

wold (wōld)

, transitive verb

Obsolete will

wold Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • shuld: And yet for Instruction we wold yow shuld do, as followeth.

Noun used with modifier

  • I: I wold be very glad to help, tho my main interest are warships, not people.
  • ye: Like as ye wold that oder for yee shold, When ye ne may nor can.
  • state: The state pension wold then rise every year in line with earnings.
wold Quotes

On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye, That clothe the wold and meet the sky; And through the field the road runs by To many-towered Camelot.

—Tennyson

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