Weald

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /wi.É™ld/

Origin

From Old English weald, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz. Compare German Wald, Dutch woud. See also wold, ultimately of the same origin.

Full definition of weald

Noun

1. A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; often used in place names.
• TennysonFled all night long by glimmering waste and weald,
  And heard the spirits of the waste and weald
  Moan as she fled.

Related terms

• wold

Anagrams

• dwale
• waled