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. archaic.
   open or forested country

Weald

²

/ wiːld /

noun

1. the Weald
   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

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

He was born, he says, in the Weald of Kent; and suffered much from his parents poverty, when young.

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In the parish church of Cranbrook, in the Weald of Kent, is a curious bath for immersion, of which the following is the history.

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The sun had burst through the gauzy mists which veiled it, and the whole broad Weald was washed in golden light.

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As you pass along you command a noble view of the wild, or weald, on one hand, and the broad downs and sea on the other.

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We live at a very quiet little country village in the weald of Surrey.

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