wold
UK/wəʊld/
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British/wəwld/
wold noun: an unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
Noun
wold (plural wolds)
- An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
- Saint Withold footed thrice the ’old;
He met the nightmare, and her nine fold;c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount... - […]—I came with my cousin, Frank Osbaldistone, there, and I must shew him the way back again to the Hall, or he’ll lose himself in the wolds.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst...
- Saint Withold footed thrice the ’old;
- A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.
Adjective
wold (comparative wolder, superlative woldest)
- Old.
- "[A] girt wind had a-blowed the wold tree auver, so that his head were in the water."1873, Elijah Kellogg, Sowed by the Wind: Or, The Poor Boy's Fortune, Boston: Lee and Shepard, page 19
- "I've got a wold silver spoon, and a wold graven seal at home, too; but, Lord, what's a graven seal?"1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 7
Proper noun capitalized: Wold
Wold (plural Wolds)
- A surname.
wold meaning in Tamil
wold in Tamil
- கரம்பு
Forms of wold
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wolds |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | wolder |
| superlative | woldest |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wolds |
Origin of wold
From Middle English wald, walde, weld, welde, wold, wolde, woolde, wæld, from Old English wald, weald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to perceive, see”) or *welH- (“to roll, undulate”). Largely displaced by forest. Cognates Compare North Frisian wald, walt (“forest”), Saterland Frisian Woold (“forest”), West Frisian wâld (“forest”), Alemannic German and German Wald (“forest, woods”), Bavarian Woid (“forest, woods”), Cimbrian balt (“forest, woods”), Dutch woud (“forest, woods”), Low German Woold, Woolt (“forest”), Luxembourgish Wal (“forest”), Mòcheno bòlt (“wood, woodland”), Yiddish וואַלד (vald, “forest”), Danish val (“plain”), vold (“field, meadow”), Faroese vøllur (“lawn; field”), Icelandic völlur (“lawn; field”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk voll (“meadow”), Swedish vall (“field, pasture”); also Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (ú-e-el-lu-uš, “meadow, pasture”). See also wald, weald, ultimately of the same origin.
Inherited from Middle English wolde.
* As a Norwegian surname, spelling variant of Vold, Voll. * As an English surname, from wold (“forest”).
Words formed from wold
- Æthelwold
- Barnetby le Wold
- Cotswolds
- Foston on the Wolds
- Grose Wold
- Lincolnshire Wolds
- Middleton-on-the-Wolds
- Stanton-on-the-Wolds
- Stow-on-the-Wold
- Waltham on the Wolds
- wolder
- Yorkshire Wolds
Words that rhyme with wold
Questions about wold
- What does wold mean?
- Wold means an unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
- What is wold in Tamil?
- Wold in Tamil is கரம்பு. See Wold meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wold?
- Wold can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wold?
- Wold is pronounced /wəʊld/ (UK).
- What is the plural of wold?
- The plural of wold is wolds.
Words near wold in the dictionary
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