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bield
[ beeld ]
noun
, Scot.
- a shelter; refuge.
bield
/ biːld /
noun
- a shelter; house
verb
- to shelter or take shelter
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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Pinnacle Bield, on the east side of Glaramara, is a rocky part of the mountain and a famous stronghold for foxes.
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Fo'k should bow to the bush they get bield frae, but take care o' lying ower near the laiggens o't.
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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.
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In another minute he was forth into the storm, pursuing what remained of his long march to Pindar's Bield.
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