different between befold vs begold

English

Etymology

From Middle English bifealden, bevealden, from Old English befealdan (“to fold, roll up, envelop, clasp, surround, involve, cover, attach”), equivalent to be- (“around, about”) +? fold. Cognate with Old High German bifaltan (“to envelop”).

Verb

befold (third-person singular simple present befolds, present participle befolding, simple past befolded or (obsolete) befeld, past participle befolded or (obsolete) befolden)

1. (transitive) To fold up; fold around; wrap up; envelop.

English

Etymology

From be- +? gold.

Verb

begold (third-person singular simple present begolds, present participle begolding, simple past and past participle begolded)

1. (transitive) To cover with or as with gold.
2. (transitive) To make like gold; golden.
   • 1907, John Bonner, George William Curtis, Henry Mills Alden, Harper's weekly:

     [...] as the mellowed north winds tone forth their vestal hymns upon rustling leaf-keys; sunsets that bepurple the azure; sunrises that begold the horizon; moonlights that besilver the river? Who would not have of these?

Synonyms

• (cover with gold): begild, gild

Anagrams

• blodge, globed