Old English Dictionary Entry

BYLD

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 BYLD

f; byldo; f. indecl. in s. Constancy, boldness; constantia :-- Bídeþ þurh byldo awaiteth with constancy, Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 5; Cri. 113. He sceolde ða byldo anescian poterat emollire constantiam, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, note 43. [O. H. Ger. baldí, f; Goth. bajþei, f. boldness.] DER. ge-byld. UNCERTAIN byld

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚣᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Goth.: Gothic

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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