weald

[weeld]

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noun

wooded or uncultivated country.

Origin of weald

before 1150; Middle English weeld, Old English weald forest; cognate with German Wald; cf. wold¹

Can be confusedweald wield

Weald

[weeld]

noun

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

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Related Words for weald

forest, log, hardwood, lumber, woodland, timber, wood, timberland, park, jungle, thicket, girder, rafter, balk, club, grove, stake, beam, pole, woods

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Historical Examples of weald

But Weald feared he might bring death back to Weald if he were allowed to return.
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So he was definitely unpopular when his ship lifted from Weald.
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He went through the filmed record of every inspection ever made on Weald and on Dara.
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But they ought to be told about the arrival of that ship at Weald, and what Weald thinks about it!
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It's practically certain that there are other, agents, if you like that word better, on Weald.
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British Dictionary definitions for weald

weald

noun

British archaic open or forested country

Word Origin for weald

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

Weald

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for weald

Old English (West Saxon) weald "forest, woodland," specifically the forest between the North and South Downs in Sussex, Kent, and Surrey; a West Saxon variant of Anglian wald (see wold).