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wold

1

[ wohld ]

noun

  1. an elevated tract of open country.
  2. Often wolds. an open, hilly district, especially in England, as in Yorkshire or Lincolnshire.


wold

2

[ wohld ]

noun

wold

3

[ wawld ]

verb

Obsolete.
  1. an obsolete past participle of will 1.

wold

1

/ əʊ /

noun

  1. literary.
    a tract of open rolling country, esp upland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

wold

2

/ əʊ /

noun

  1. another name for weld 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of wold1

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 ǫ “field, plain, level ground”; weald, Weald
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of wold1

Old English weald bush; related to Old Saxon wald, German Wald forest, Old Norse vollr ground; see wild
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California Democrats’ best defense appears to be Republican dysfunction, as demonstrated by the party’s struggles last week to pass a bill in the GOP-controlled House that wold avoid a government shutdown.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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