How Do You Spell HALD?
Pronunciation: [hˈald] (IPA) 
The word "hald" is an archaic spelling of "hold". According to IPA phonetic transcription, "hald" would be pronounced as /hoʊld/. The "h" is silent, and the "a" is pronounced as a schwa, which is a short and unstressed vowel sound. The "ld" is pronounced as a single sound, which is a voiced alveolar lateral fricative /ɬ/. This spelling was commonly used in Middle English and Old English, but has since been replaced by the modern spelling "hold".
