Ge-bild
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-bild
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ge-bild
- adj. Substitute: ge-bildan, -byldan; p. de; pp. -bild, -bilded. I. to embolden, encourage, give confidence to [Take here ge-byld,-bylded in Dict.] :-- Mid þý mægne hé wæs gebælded (gestrangod, ) of ðæs ælmihtigan Godes fultume qua virtute fretus ex omnipotentis Dei auxilio, Gr. D. 26, 31. Gebyld fretus, i. fultus, An. Ox. 126. Gebeld, 2042 : 3682. Gebyld fretus .i. fiduciam habens, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 70. Gebyldum predito, An. Ox. 4135. Gebild freti, i. fundi, 781. II. to cover (?), protect (?), bind a book. [v. N. E. D. bield to protect, shelter. Sc. and North, dial, to cover, cover over.] :-- Eðilwald ðis bóc úta giðrýde and gibelde (-bélde, MS.) suá hé uel cúðæ, Jn. p. 188, 3. ge-bild