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wold

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noun/wəʊld/[wɒʊɫd]/wɒld/
  1. 1

    An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.archaicregional

    • 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.
  2. 2

    A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.obsolete

adj/wəʊld/
  1. 1

    Old.DevonWest-Countryarchaic

    • "[A] girt wind had a-blowed the wold tree auver, so that his head were in the water."
    • "I've got a wold silver spoon, and a wold graven seal at home, too; but, Lord, what's a graven seal?"

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