weald

Meaning

Noun

  • A wood or forest
  • An open country

Origin

  • From Middle English weeld, wæld, (also wold, wald > English wold), from (West Saxon dialect) Old English weald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz.
  • Compare German Wald, Dutch woud. See also wold, ultimately of the same origin. Largely displaced by forest.

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