Wold

Definitions

1. An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
   archaic, regional
2. A surname.
3. A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Saint Withold footed thrice the ’old; He met the nightmare, and her nine fold⟳;”

“[…]—I came with my cousin, Frank Osbaldistone, there, and I must shew him the way back again to the Hall, or he’ll lose⟳ himself in the wolds.”

“And therefore did he take⟳ a trusty band To traverse Acarnania forest wide, In war well-seasoned, and with labours tanned, Till he did greet⟳ white Achelous’ tide, And from his farther bank Ætolia’s wolds espied.”

“The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly round the open⟳ wold,”

“Blossomed the opening spring⟳, and the notes of the robin and bluebird Sounded sweet upon wold and in wood, yet Gabriel came not.”

“Take⟳ counsel, sever from my lot your lot, Dwell in your pleasant places, hoard your gold; Lest you with me should shiver on the wold, Athirst and hungering on a barren spot.”

“Before yon field of trembling gold Is garnered into dusty sheaves, Or ere the autumn’s scarlet leaves Flutter as birds adown the wold, […]”

“It seemed to be a fairly large and prosperous farm, grouped round a modest country house standing among trees as shelter⟳ from the wind. About it rolled the open⟳ pasture of the wold, as far as could be seen.”

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