English
Etymology
From Middle English, from the Old English weald (forest).
Noun
en-noun
#An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
#obsolete A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland
Usage notes
Used in many English place-names, always hilly tracts of land.
Derived terms
Cotswolds
Lincolnshire Wolds
wolder
Yorkshire Wolds
Related terms
Wald (German) is a cognate, but a false friend because it retains the original meaning of forest.
References
OED 2nd edition 1989
Category:Old English derivatives
fi:wold
te:wold
vi:wold
zh:wold
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