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molde

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molde, f.n: mould, dust, sand, earth; ground, land; earth (the dwelling place of humans). (MOLL-duh / ˈmɔl-də)

(And yes, people knew that the earth was round in the medieval period and antiquity.)

Medieval manuscript image of God creating the earth, with a compass and scales in one hand and two rods extending from his mouth; the earth is depicted as two concentric circles with waves and a haloed bird.
Tiberius Psalter; England (Winchester), mid-11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C VI, f. 7v. [bl.uk]

clūd

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clūd, m.n: a stone, rock, hill. (KLOOD / ˈkluːd)

Medieval manuscript historiated initial E, in which a haloed man is asleep on a small hill while a man with a book watches; in the foreground are two creatures resembling lion cubs.
St Patrick resting on a hill while visionary beasts frolic, in Wauchier de Denain’s Lives of Saints; France (Paris), 13th century; British Library, Royal MS 20 D. vi, f. 213v. [bl.uk]