"wold" meaning in Middle English

See wold in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wɔːld/, /wɔu̯ld/, /wɛːld/ [Southern], /waːld/ [Northern], /wɑu̯ld/ [Northern] Forms: *woldes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English weald, wald (“high land covered with wood, woods, forest”), from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|weald}} Old English weald, {{m|ang|wald||high land covered with wood, woods, forest}} wald (“high land covered with wood, woods, forest”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*walþu}} Proto-West Germanic *walþu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*walþuz}} Proto-Germanic *walþuz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wold, {{enm-noun|*woldes}} wold (plural *woldes)
  1. wood (wooded area), forest Categories (place): Forests
    Sense id: en-wold-enm-noun-4HHFtJX8 Disambiguation of Forests: 38 29 6 6 22
  2. clearing, plain (open land) Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-wold-enm-noun-CbI9R9lN Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 32 20 27 13 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 51 5 4 30 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 67 4 3 19
  3. upland, hill country Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-wold-enm-noun-U8ZTurqj Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 32 20 27 13
  4. (poetic) land, the world Tags: poetic Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-wold-enm-noun-5Bm6BQuK Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 32 20 27 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wald, walde, weld, welde, wolde, woolde, wæld [Early-Middle-English]
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form}} wold
  1. Alternative spelling of wolde Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wolde Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-wold-enm-verb-3RPdzofF Disambiguation of Landforms: 8 32 20 27 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for wold meaning in Middle English (5.5kB)

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