Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Pick a lane, wold

Wold \Wold\, n. See {Weld}. Wold \Wold\, n. [OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. v["o]llr, a field, and probably to Gr. ? a grove, Skr. v[=a]?a a garden, inclosure. Cf. {Weald}.] 1. A wood; a forest. 2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not. And from his further bank [AE]tolia's wolds espied. --Byron. The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly round the open wold. --Tennyson.

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