wold

«wold» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: moor; open hills; upland — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

moor; open hills; upland

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A wide, open stretch of high, bare land with few trees. tree →

how it differs from today

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 →
• “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 →
• “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 →

primary record

wold

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 4 (Torah 0, tales 4, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.5 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wold» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.