Bield vs Beeld - What's the difference?
bield | beeld |
Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
Shelter, refuge or protection.
*1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), Book XVI, xlix:
*:This breast, this bosom soft, shall be thy bield / 'Gainst storms of arrows, darts, and weapons thrown.
A place of shelter, a refuge.
(transitive, obsolete, or, dialectal) To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
(transitive, obsolete, or, dialectal) To defend, protect or shelter.