different between bolden vs folden

English

Etymology

bold +? -en

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ld?n

Verb

bolden (third-person singular simple present boldens, present participle boldening, simple past and past participle boldened)

1. To make bold; to embolden.

Anagrams

• blonde, bolned

Danish

Noun

bolden c

1. definite singular of bold

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?po?l?ten/

Verb

b?lden

1. first-person singular past indicative of boaldit

English

Etymology

From Middle English folden, yfolden, From Old English fealden, ?efealden, from Proto-Germanic *faldanaz, past participle of *falþan? (“to fold”), equivalent to fold +? -en. Cognate with Dutch gevouwen, German gefalten.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ld?n

Verb

folden

1. (obsolete) past participle of fold

Anagrams

• enfold, fondle

Danish

Noun

folden c

1. definite singular of fold

Middle English

Alternative forms

• foldyn, ffolde, folde, volden, volde
• (Northern) falde, ffalde, fawlde

Etymology

From Old English fealdan, from Proto-West Germanic *falþan, from Proto-Germanic *falþan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??ld?n/
• (Northern ME) IPA^(key): /?fald?n/
• (Southern ME) IPA^(key): /?v??ld?n/

Verb

folden (third-person singular simple present foldeth, present participle foldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative feld, past participle folden)

1. To bend; to flex:
   1. To fold; to bend over.
   2. To be bent; to curve.
   3. To twist; to braid.
2. To hug; to cuddle.
3. To wrap or cover; to coat.
4. To buckle; to collapse.
5. To defeat; to bring down.
6. (of a book, etc.) To snap shut.

Usage notes

• Weak forms of this verb are not found before the end of the 14th century.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: fold
• Scots: fald, fauld

References

• “f?lden, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.