WOLD

wold. Wold, n. a plain and open country, a down, ob.

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Wold (?), n. [[OE. wold, wald, AS. weald, wald, a wood, forest; akin to OFries. & OS. wald, D. woud, G. wald, Icel. völlr, a field, and probably to Gr. � a grove, Skr. vā�a a garden, inclosure. Cf. Weald.]] 1. 1. A wood; a forest.
2. 2. A plain, or low hill; a country without wood, whether hilly or not.
And from his further bank Ætolia's wolds espied. Byron. The wind that beats the mountain, blows More softly round the open wold. Tennyson.