weald
noun
wooded or uncultivated country.
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[weeld]
/ wild /
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[weeld]
/ wild /
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British
/ wiːld /
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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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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
Amid the "weald" of Sussex, Mr. Kipling remained alive, did not sing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The richly-wooded weald, with here and there a light twinkling on it, lay far below, stretching to Lewes.
From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
It seemed unnatural that so young a man should never want to roam further afield than the annual cattle fair; should be sufficiently stayed with that perpetual struggle against weald and weather.
From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)
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