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

At the time, Blackman said he wold give a yellow card and a public dressing down to any candidate who attacked a rival during the campaign.

From BBC

But even if the weather stays relatively mild over January and February, household bills wold still be much higher than they were before the pandemic.

From BBC

Already the sudden storm is passing, and its fierceness is abating; crowds are scattering homeward, and the sky is beginning to redden over the Yorkshire wolds.

From Literature

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