ˈwēld, esp before pause or consonant ˈwēəld noun
( -s )
Etymology: from the Weald, wooded district in Kent, Surrey, & Sussex counties, southeast England, alteration (influenced by Old English weald ) of Middle English Weeld the Weald, from Old English weald wood, forest — more at wold
1. : a heavily wooded area : forest
Weald of Kent
2. : a wild or uncultivated usually upland region : wold
by glimmering waste and weald — Alfred Tennyson