Wolds

UK: /wəʊldz/

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Wolds / wəʊldz/ noun:plural

1. the Wolds ⇒ a range of chalk hills in NE England: consists of the Yorkshire Wolds to the north, separated from the Lincolnshire Wolds by the Humber estuary

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wold¹  (wōld), n. 

1. an elevated tract of open country.
2. Often, wolds. an open, hilly district, esp. in England, as in Yorkshire or Lincolnshire.

• bef. 900; Middle English; Old English w(e)ald forest; cognate with German Wald; akin to wild, Old Norse vǫllr plain

wold² (wōld), n. 

1. weld².

wold³  (wôld), v. [Obs.]

1. a pp. of will ¹.