wold

¹

[ wohld ]

noun

1. an elevated tract of open country.
2. Often wolds. an open, hilly district, especially in England, as in Yorkshire or Lincolnshire.

wold

²

[ wohld ]

noun

1. weld ².

wold

³

[ wawld ]

verb

, Obsolete.

1. an obsolete past participle of will ¹.

wold

¹

/ wəʊld /

noun

1. another name for weld 2

wold

²

/ wəʊld /

noun

1. literary.
   a tract of open rolling country, esp upland

Word History and Origins

Origin of wold¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English wold(e), wald(e), weld(e) “forested land, woods, forest preserve,” Old English w(e)ald “high land covered with trees, forest”, cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German wald , German Wald “forest, woods”; akin to Old Norse vǫllr “field, plain, level ground”; weald, Weald

Word History and Origins

Origin of wold¹

Old English weald bush; related to Old Saxon wald, German Wald forest, Old Norse vollr ground; see wild

Example Sentences

“Other people tried it, and had amazing results,” Wold continues.

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“We stress with everyone that they should discuss this with their doctor,” says Wold.

From The Daily Beast

According to Wold, the National Institutes of Health has spent less than $2 million on studying cluster headaches in 25 years.

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Bob Wold, 61, started getting the killer headaches 35 years ago.

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And so, Wold was “always on the look out for something better.”

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The accents seem to fall on She and have, the e in wold-e being elided.

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If you go toward the south, there is Ashley-Wold and grandmamma, Mrs. Galloway.

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He's worth thousands and thousands, they say, though 'a do live on in the same wold way up in the same wold house.

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The perfect form, rare beauty, intelligence, and wealth of Wold did not startle an apprehension in my breast.

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Wold exhibited his fine person and exerted all his captivating powers of intellect.

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