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byldan

  • verb [ weak ]
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byldan, p. bylde; pp. bylded; v. trans.
[beald bold; v. byld] To make bold, to animate, instigate, exhort, encourage, confirm; animare, instigare, hortarí confirmare
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  • He Fresena cyn byldan wolde

    he would encourage the race of the Frisians,

    • Beo. Th. 2193
      • ;
    • B. 1094
      • .

  • Geongne æðeling sceolon góde gesíðas byldan

    good companions should encourage a young prince,

    • Menol. Fox 488
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 15
      • .

  • Hí bylde bearn Ælfríces

    the son of Ælfric encouraged them,

    • Byrht. Th. 137, 60
      • ;
    • By. 209
      • .

  • Swá hí ealle bylde Godríc to gúþe

    so Godric encouraged them all to the war,

    • Byrht. Th. 141, 11
      • ;
    • By. 320
      • .

  • Bǽdon hí Sigebyrht ðæt he mid him to ðam gefeohte fóre and hyra fultum trymede and bylde

    rogaverunt Sigberctum ad confirmandum militem secum venire in prælium,

    • Bd. 3, 18
      • ;
    • S. 546, 20, col. 1
      • .
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v.  bældan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “byldan.” 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/5554.

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