weald
noun
wooded or uncultivated country.
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[weeld]
/ wild /
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Weald
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[weeld]
/ wild /
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Weald
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British
/ wiːld /
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weald
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/ wiːld /
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Etymology
Origin of weald
before 1150; Middle English weeld, Old English weald forest; cognate with German Wald; cf. wold 1
Example Sentences
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Amid the "weald" of Sussex, Mr. Kipling remained alive, did not sing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The herald of the right and might of empire lies silent amid the weald and the marsh and the down country of Sussex.
From Time Magazine Archive
Namon �a to r�de, ��t him w�rlicor w�re, ��t h� sumne d�l heora landes wur�es �th�fdon, weald him getimode.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Bi� nu w�slicor ��t gehwa �is wite and cunne his geleafan, weald hwa �a micclan yrm�e gebidan sceole.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
She, the sovereign of the universe, reigns here too, over the buds and the birds, and the happy, unconsidered life of weald and wold.
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
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