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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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
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
Our lowly bield is neat and clean, And bright the ingle's glow, The table 's spread with halesome fare, The teapot simmers low.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
O, where to find a bield—O sirs, where to find a bield from the wind of the Lord’s anger?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI by Robert Louis Stevenson
High shell'ring woods and wa's maun shield, But thou beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibbte-Jleld, Unseen, alane.
From Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway
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