Definition of wold
1 : a usually upland area of open country
2 capitalized : a hilly or rolling region —used in names of various English geographic areas Yorkshire Wolds
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The firm wold be paid whatever a court awards or defendants agree on, based on the fee and cost provisions of the state's coastal zone statute.
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Origin and Etymology of wold
Middle English wald, wold, from Old English weald, wald forest; akin to Old High German wald forest, Old Norse vǫllr field
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: an area of hilly land in the country
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