# weald

Pronunciation: say "WEELD" US /wild/, UK /wiːld/

## Noun

1. An area of forest or thick woodland. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A large area of land covered with trees, like a forest.
2. An open stretch of countryside; bare, largely treeless land. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A wide area of open land with few or no trees.

## Origin

From Middle English weeld or wæld (also wold, wald, giving English wold), from the West Saxon Old English weald, going back to Proto-West Germanic *walþu and Proto-Germanic *walþuz. It is related to German Wald and Dutch woud, and shares its origin with wold; it was largely displaced by forest.

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