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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Wald, n. [ME and e.m.E. wald(e, wælde, wolde (Layamon), OE wald.] An area of open country, a plain, a hill, a stretch of moorland; the earth, the ground. b. attrib. Ane heid wald hedge, a hedge marking the boundary of a piece of land.1375 Barb. xviii 555.
Trawaillyt thai Brynnand … and destroyand … Quhill till the wald cummyn war thai Syne northwart tuk thai hame thar way a1500 Rauf C. 405.
Him behouit neidlingis to watche on the wald a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 587.
Quhill this querrell be quyt, I cover neuer in quert With wailit wapnis of were, evin on yone wald a1500 Peblis to Play 49.
Sic ane schout wes thame amang Quhen thai wer our the wald Thair west off Pebles to the play 1513 Doug. ix xi 13.
Rane … doith smyte apon the wald [L. humum] 1513 Doug. x xiii 111.
The travellour ȝond vnder the wald Lurkand withdrawys to sum sovir haldb. 1657 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 168.
James Eilleis hes cutted up his hedge and planted upon the persewars quheras he sowld have keept ane heid wald hedge to keep the persewars free from … skaith
