wold

¹ American  

[wohld] / woʊld /

noun

1. an elevated tract of open country.

2. Often wolds. an open, hilly district, especially in England, as in Yorkshire or Lincolnshire.

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wold ² American  

[wohld] / woʊld /

noun

1. weld.

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wold ³ American  

[wawld] / wɔld /

verb

Obsolete.

1. an obsolete past participle of will.

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wold ¹ British  

/ wəʊld /

noun

1. literary a tract of open rolling country, esp upland

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wold ² British  

/ wəʊld /

noun

1. another name for weld 2

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Etymology

Origin of wold

First recorded before 900; Middle English wold(e), wald(e), weld(e) “forested land, woods, forest preserve,” Old English w(e)ald “high land covered with trees, forest”, cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German wald , German Wald “forest, woods”; akin to Old Norse vǫllr “field, plain, level ground”; weald, Weald

Example Sentences

Even if an individual faces indictment in America, "The US has no right to go around the wold enforcing the arrest warrant in the territory of other sovereign states," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Hatchell wold marvel at Moore’s ability to get off shots.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

The referee wold be within his rights to give him a second yellow card, though there’s very little chance of that happening.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2021

And actually, I think you're probably still in the wold of what you're writing.

From Salon • May 14, 2019

“Be’nt thick wold chappie our Wat that erst run lunatical?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White