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

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Example Sentences

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wold

The idea is that when sterile flies are released into targeted areas, they wold mate with wild screwworm flies and prevent them from reproducing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

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

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

Elsewhere, former wold number three Elina Svitolina will return to the WTA Tour following her maternity leave at the Charleston Open in South Carolina in April.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023

In a deal announced in 2010, under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration, the company said it wold operate the golf course, pay for upkeep and build a $10 million clubhouse.

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2022

“Aye, and so were wold Much, as you spoke to by the felled tree.”

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

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