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bield

[ beeld ]

noun

, Scot.
  1. a shelter; refuge.


bield

/ biːld /

noun

  1. a shelter; house
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to shelter or take shelter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bield1

1400–50; late Middle English ( Scots ) beld ( e ), beild, apparently to be identified with Middle English beild courage, power, aid, Old English bieldo boldness; akin to Gothic balthei confidence. See bold
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bield1

Old English bieldo, byldo boldness (hence: refuge); related to Gothic balthei , Old English beald bold
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Example Sentences

Sae speaking, he sped rath frae the bield, and was sune lost i' the glunch shadows o' the mirk night.

Pinnacle Bield, on the east side of Glaramara, is a rocky part of the mountain and a famous stronghold for foxes.

Fo'k should bow to the bush they get bield frae, but take care o' lying ower near the laiggens o't.

Ye lie on your wame a bittie in the bield of this wood, and ye tell me that ye've cuist off these Frasers and Macgregors.

In another minute he was forth into the storm, pursuing what remained of his long march to Pindar's Bield.

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