Mald

Maud is Norman for Mald, from Mathild, as Bauduin for Baldwin.

Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850 Various

For this "put away" the Abbot thanked him with a look, and added, that she was suspected of witchcraft, seeing Mald her mother was a notorious witch, and the wench herself the byword and scorn of all the country-side.

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

Mald the witch rose up from the hearth at last and faced the betrothed.

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

She never doubted the truth of what he told her, for the Abbot's privy mind had been declared to much the same purpose to Mald her mother.

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

No one believed in the Isoult fable save Mald, whom the girl had seen once or twice, and himself; every one talked rather of the Chained Virgin of

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

Mald also, a withered malignant old wife, who had once blighted a year's increase by her dealing with the devil.

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

"There was little more," said Mald, "for the monk pulled at her, and she went as she came."

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

You will remember the trinkets round her neck: Prosper's ring was one, the other was that which old Mald had felt for and found safe in her bosom on her wedding night.

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

Old Mald came fawning out to him at this, and took his hands in her own trembling hands.

The Forest Lovers Maurice Hewlett 1892

You seem to refer to only Dr. Abdullah Waheed's blog when considering issues of concern to Mald ...

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