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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Fold, n.¹ [ME. fold, folde, OE. folde, ON. fold.] The earth or ground. Only poet. in the phr. on (the) fold, upon fold. c1450-2 Howlat 15.
This riche rever dovn ran … Throwe ane forest on fold a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 56.
Gif he be freik on the fold, your freynd or your fay Ib. 570.
Thus thai faught vpone fold c1475 Wall. ii. 215.
Thow was formyt forsye on the fold Ib. iii. 385.
Felle frekis on fold war fellyt vndyr feit c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlviii. 68.
That no … blastis cawld Effray suld flouris nor fowlis on the fold a1550 Tayis Bank 96.
Farest under the firmament That formit wes on fold