wold
wold · wolds
An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moorAn unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
UK/wəʊld/US/woʊld/
Значення
значень: 2(архаїчне, регіональне)An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
(застаріле)A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.
Ще визначення
- a tract of open rolling country (especially upland)
Походження
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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