i Register
In some senses, wold is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
wold
/wəʊld/
noun 2adj 1name 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
silver
VERB + WOLD
a-blowed, got
WOLD + NOUN
auver, spoon, tree
Definitions
noun
1
An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
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
A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.
adj
1
Old.
"[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?"
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
501
Saint Withold footed thrice the ’old; He met the nightmare, and her nine fold;
Wiktionary02
[…]—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.
Wiktionary03
And therefore did he take a trusty band To traverse Acarnania forest wide, In war well-seasoned, and with labours tanned, Till he did greet white Achelous’ tide, And from his farther bank Ætolia’s wol
Wiktionary04
"[A] girt wind had a-blowed the wold tree auver, so that his head were in the water."
Wiktionary05
"I've got a wold silver spoon, and a wold graven seal at home, too; but, Lord, what's a graven seal?"
WiktionaryUsage Notes
Your note
not saved0 chars