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# wold

noun (wolds) (old use)

«wold» in the English dictionary: everyday and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A wide, open stretch of high, bare land with few trees, as on a hill country. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wold/#m1)

### In the lessons

In old tales the hunt goes over fields and wolds, not in the woods.

### Examples

- They hunted by field, and they hunted by wold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wold/#x1)
- Sheep grazed on the wold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wold/#x2)
- The wind blew across the wold all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wold/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

A wide, open stretch of high, bare land with few trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wold/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer common; today we say moor, hills or upland.

### Examples

- They hunted by field, and they hunted by wold; they drew the woods blank, and the scent didn't lie on the downs at all. (The Book of Dragons) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wold/#x1)
- “Wind, wind, gently sway, Blow Curdken’s hat away; Let him chase o’er field and wold Till my locks of ruddy gold, Now astray and hanging down, Be combed and plaited in a crown.” (The Blue Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wold/#x2)
- “Wind, wind, gently sway, Blow Curdken’s hat away; Let him chase o’er field and wold Till my locks of ruddy gold Now astray and hanging down, Be combed and plaited in a crown.” (The Blue Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wold/#x3)

### Note

Today: moor; open hills; upland.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wold.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wold» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wold» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/wold.html) on Mova free.