weald
[weeld]
- wooded or uncultivated country.
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Origin of weald
Weald
[weeld]
- The, a region in SE England, in Kent, Surrey, and Essex counties: once a forest area; now an agricultural region.
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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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So he was definitely unpopular when his ship lifted from Weald.
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On Weald they don't know how it happened, but they suspect blueskins.
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weald
- British archaic open or forested country
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Word Origin
Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wald, Old Norse vollr, probably related to wild
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
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Word Origin and History for weald
n.
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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