Wold

. [A-S.] [The same as WEALD and WALD, a wood, a forest. Cf. COTSWOLD. Wold and wald signify also power, dominion, a ruler, lord, from wealdan, waldan, to rule, e. g., Ethelwold or Ethelwald, a noble ruler. See WEALD and WOOD.]

1Sense 1. A wood; a forest.

2Sense 2. A plain, or open country; a country without wood, whether hilly or not. Nares.

And from the further bank Ætolia’s wolds espied. Byron.

The wind that beats the mountain blows More softly round the open wold. Tennyson.

n. See WOAD and WELD.