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

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

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

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 • Jan. 12, 2023

Duncan said Darroch’s replacement wold be appointed in the normal way, but he refused to say when that would be.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2019

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