weald

¹

[ weeld ]

noun

1. wooded or uncultivated country.

Weald

²

[ weeld ]

noun

1. The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.

Weald

¹

/ wiːld /

noun

1. the Weald
   a region of SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and East and West Sussex between the North Downs and the South Downs: formerly forested

weald

²

/ wiːld /

noun

1. archaic.
   open or forested country

Word History and Origins

Origin of weald¹

before 1150; Middle English weeld, Old English weald forest; cognate with German Wald; wold ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of weald¹

Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wald, Old Norse vollr, probably related to wild

Example Sentences

First some distraction: idle talk of going “down to the weald” to talk to ironmasters.

From New York Times

It was a glorious morning, and the warm sunshine was flooding the weald of Sussex and the line of South Downs, which were seen from his window.”

From Project Gutenberg

Besides, I met this youth and maiden in Andred’s weald some time ago.

From Project Gutenberg

On they glided; through dim villages, amid bare-branched wealds, and over creeping rivers, which shone like misty mirrors in the faint starlight, resting from time to time, for a few minutes, at the country stations.

From Project Gutenberg

The old man ascended with his own son 2885 To the place which the Lord had appointed for them, Went through the wealds; the wood Isaac carried— His father the fire and the sword.

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