bield
Americannoun
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of bield
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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By some dikeside they'll find a bield, Some couthy neuk by muir or field They're sure to hit, Where, frae the blatherin' wind concealed, They'll rest a bit.
From New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson
At every cottage door and wayside bield, the inmates stood in clusters, silent and wondering, as horseman came following horseman, crying, "John Knox is come!"
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by John Galt
O let me get into the bield of a house—I can die there easier.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The three friends sought the bield of the low wall old Edinburgh boys remember well, and sometimes miss now, as they struggle with the stout west wind....
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
I mind me on yon bonny bield; An' Fancy traivels far afield To gaither a' that gairdens yield O' sun an' Simmer: To hearten up a dowie chield, Fancy's the limmer!
From Underwoods by Robert Louis Stevenson
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