weald
[ weeld ]
/ wild /
noun
wooded or uncultivated country.
RELATED WORDS
forest, log, hardwood, lumber, woodland, timber, wood, timberland, park, jungle, thicket, girder, rafter, balk, club, grove, stake, beam, pole, woods
Nearby words
- weakishly,
- weakling,
- weakly,
- weakness,
- weal,
- weald, the,
- wealth,
- wealth tax,
- wealthy,
- wean
Origin of weald
Weald
[ weeld ]
/ wild /
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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weald
/ (wiːld) /
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
/ (wiːld) /
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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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).
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