weald
weald · wealds
A forest or woodA forest or wood.
UK/wiːld/US/wild/
Meaning
2 senses(archaic)A forest or wood.
(archaic)An open country.
an area of open or forested country
Origin
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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