A Scottish or Northern English term for a sheep enclosure or pen.
From Old English 'fægald,' a compound of 'fæg' or 'fǽ' (sheep) + 'ald' (enclosure). The same root gives us 'Faeroe' (sheep islands).
Old English had incredibly specific words for different types of animal enclosures—'fagald' for sheep, 'bulpen' for bulls—and many have vanished, but they survive in British place names like 'Saltfold' and 'Catfold.'
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