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bield | bieldy |

As a noun bield

is boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.

As a verb bield

is to make bold, give courage or confidence to.

As an adjective bieldy is

sheltered from the weather; affording shelter.

bield

English

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Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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.
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    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, obsolete, or, dialectal) To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
  • (transitive, obsolete, or, dialectal) To defend, protect or shelter.
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    bieldy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Scotland) Sheltered from the weather; affording shelter.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1814, author=, title=Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=His Honour, ye see, being under hiding in thae sair times--the mair's the pity--he lies a' day, and whiles a' night, in the cove in the dern hag; but though it's a bieldy eneugh bit, and the auld gudeman o' Corse-Cleugh has panged it wi' a kemple o' strae amaist, yet when the country's quiet, and the night very cauld, his Honour whiles creeps doun here to get a warm at the ingle and a sleep amang the blankets, and gangs awa in the morning. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1898, author=, title=John Splendid, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Then it was that they were wont to come over our seven hills and seven waters to help themselves to our cattle when the same were at their fattest and best It would be a skurry of bare knees down pass and brae, a ring of the robbers round the herd sheltering on the bieldy side of the hill or in the hollows among the ripe grass, a brisk change of shot and blow if alarm rose, and then hie! over the moor by Macfarlane's lantern. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=Neil Munro, title=Gilian The Dreamer, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Even the grass nodding in the wind lent a thin voice to the chorus, a voice such as only the sharp and sea-trained ear may comprehend, that beasts hear long before the wind itself is apparent, so that they remove themselves to the bieldy sides of the hills before tumult breaks. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=circa 1900, author=, title=Bog-Myrtle and Peat, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The old Cameronian kirk sits on a hill, and is surrounded by trees, a place both bieldy and heartsome. }}

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