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Bold vs Bield - What's the difference?

bold | bield |

As nouns the difference between bold and bield

is that bold is a dwelling; habitation; building while bield is boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.

As verbs the difference between bold and bield

is that bold is to make (a font or some text) bold while bield is to make bold, give courage or confidence to.

As an adjective bold

is courageous, daring.

bold

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bold, from (etyl) bold, blod, bolt, .

Alternative forms

*

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
    • Related terms
    * *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bold, bald, beald, from (etyl) bald, .

    Adjective

    (boldness) (er)
  • Courageous, daring.
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you.
  • (of a font) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
  • Presumptuous.
  • * 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 9.
    • even the boldest and most affirmative philosophy, that has ever attempted to impose its crude dictates and principles on mankind.
    Synonyms
    * (courageous) audacious, brave, courageous, daring, forward * See also
    Related terms
    * embolden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make (a font or some text) bold.
  • (obsolete) To make bold or daring.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To become bold.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    bield

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    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.
    • Derived terms
    *
    Related terms
    *

    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.
    • Synonyms
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