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bield

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Definition of bield

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
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noun

  1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
  2. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
  3. (Northern-England, archaic, uncountable, usually)Shelter, refuge or protection.
    “This breast, this bosom soft, shall be thy bield / 'Gainst storms of arrows, darts, and weapons thrown.”
  4. (Northern-England, archaic, uncountable, usually)A place of shelter, a refuge.

verb

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
  2. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To defend, protect or shelter.

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Etymology

From Middle English belde, beeld, beld, from Old English bieldu (“courage, boldness”), from Proto-Germanic *balþį̄ (“boldness”), from *balþaz (“bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old High German baldī (“boldness, courage”) (Middle High German belde), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (balþei, “boldness, courage”). More at bold.

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