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BYLD

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
BYLD, e; f; byldo; f. indecl.
in s. Constancy, boldness; constantia
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  • 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.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. baldí, f; Goth. bajþei, f. boldness.]
Derived forms
DER. ge-byld.
Linked entries
v.  beld.
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