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Wright's OE grammar
§106; §277; §343;
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a dwelling
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  • Þǽr wæs ðá kyninges bold (uilla regia), hét Eádwine þǽr cyrican timbrian, on Donafelda, þá þá hǽðenan mid ealle þí bolde [boðle, v. l.] forbærndon . . . For ðám þá æftercyningas him bold (uillam) worhton on ðám lande þe Loides hátte,

    • Bd. 2, 14
      • ;
    • Sch. 173, 14-22.

  • ꝥ se líg náht þǽre burge boldes ne gehrínan ne dorste

    ut flamma contingere quidquam aedificii non auderet,

    • Gr. D. 48, 11
      • .

  • Hwá féhð tó þám ðe þú lange samnodest, oððe hwám gearwadest þu þín bold and þíne getimbru, nú þíne erfeweardas lifian ne mótan?,

    • Wlfst. 261, 8
      • .

  • ꝥ hé heora bold gedréfe,

    • Angl. x. 146, 187
      • .
a town.
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  • In þám bolde þe is háten Eoferwícceaster,

    • Angl. x. 141, 13.
    (The last two passages are from a 12th-century MS.)
  • ¶ in place-names, e. g.

    Wíc-bold,

    • C. D. vi. 351
      • .

  • Æt Nióweboldan

    Newbold,

    • iii. 256, 11.
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. bold.
]
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v. wer-bold.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bold.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40713.

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