wold
wold · wolds
An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moorAn unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
UK/wəʊld/US/woʊld/
Значение
значений: 2(архаичное, региональное)An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
(устаревшее)A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.
Ещё определения
- a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
Происхождение
From Middle English wald, walde, weld, welde, wold, wolde, woolde, wæld, from Old EnglishFrom Middle English wald, walde, weld, welde, wold, wolde, woolde, wæld, from Old English wald, weald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to perceive, see”) or *welH- (“to roll, undulate”). Largely displaced by forest.
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