Meaning

2 senses

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

  2. (dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To defend, protect or shelter.

Origin

From Middle English beelden, belden, from Old English byldan, bieldan (“to encourage, embo

From Middle English beelden, belden, from Old English byldan, bieldan (“to encourage, embolden”), from Proto-Germanic *balþijaną (“to make bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon beldjan (“to encourage”), Old High German baldēn (“to make bold”) (Middle High German belden), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (balþjan, “to make bold”).

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Forms

bields, bielding, bielded, bielded
Base formbield · to bield
3rd person singularbields
Present participlebielding
Past simplebielded
Past participlebielded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybield
he, she, itbields

Past simpleLesson

all personsbielded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bielded
he, she, ithas bielded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bield

Synonyms

1 synonyms
encourageA2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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