different between bield vs bieldy

English

Alternative forms

• beeld, beild

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bield (usually uncountable, plural bields)

1. (obsolete, dialectal) Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
2. (obsolete, dialectal) Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
3. (obsolete, dialectal) Shelter, refuge or protection.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book XVI, xlix:

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

4. A place of shelter, a refuge.

Derived terms

• bieldy

Related terms

• bold

Etymology 2

From Middle English beelden, belden, from Old English byldan, bieldan (“to encourage, embolden”), from Proto-Germanic *balþijan? (“to make bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el- (“to inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old Saxon beldjan (“to encourage”), Old High German bald?n (“to make bold”) (Middle High German belden), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (balþjan, “to make bold”).

Verb

bield (third-person singular simple present bields, present participle bielding, simple past and past participle bielded)

1. (transitive, obsolete, dialectal) To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
2. (transitive, obsolete, dialectal) To defend, protect or shelter.

Synonyms

• encourage

Anagrams

• Dible, Lebid, beild, belid, biled

English

Etymology

From bield +? -y.

Adjective

bieldy (comparative more bieldy, superlative most bieldy)

1. (Scotland) Sheltered from the weather; affording shelter.

References

• bieldy at OneLook Dictionary Search