English

Proper noun

Weald

1. (Britain) The physiographic area in south-east England situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs.

Derived terms

• Wealden

Anagrams

• dwale
• waled

English

Noun

weald ‎(plural wealds)

1. A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; often used in place names.
   • Tennyson

     Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, / And heard the spirits of the waste and weald / Moan as she fled.

Related terms

• wold

Anagrams

• dwale
• waled

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old High German wald (German Wald) and Old Norse vǫllr (Faroese vøllur, Norwegian voll, Icelandic völlur). See also the related Anglian-derived term wald.

Noun

weald m

1. forest

Descendants

• English: weald

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *waldą, whence also Old High German walt, Old Norse vald (Danish vold).

Noun

weald n

1. power
2. authority

Usage notes

Also used in the form ġeweald.