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Bield

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance. obsolete, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance. obsolete, uncountable, usually
  3. 3
    Shelter, refuge or protection. Northern-England, archaic, uncountable, usually

    "This breast, this bosom soft, shall be thy bield / 'Gainst storms of arrows, darts, and weapons thrown."

  4. 4
    A place of shelter, a refuge. Northern-England, archaic, uncountable, usually
Verb
  1. 1
    To make bold, give courage or confidence to. dialectal, obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To defend, protect or shelter. dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English belde, beeld, beld, from Old English bieldu (“courage, boldness”), from Proto-Germanic *balþį̄ (“boldness”), from *balþaz (“bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old High German baldī (“boldness, courage”) (Middle High German belde), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (balþei, “boldness, courage”). More at bold.

Etymology 2

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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