bield

Meanings

1. Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
2. Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
3. Shelter, refuge or protection.
4. A place of shelter, a refuge.

1. To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
2. To defend, protect or shelter.

Etymology

From Middle English belde, beeld, beld, from Old English bieldu (“courage, boldness”), from Proto-Germanic *balþį̄ (“boldness”), from *balþaz (“bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to inflate, swell”). Cognate with Old High German baldī (“boldness, courage”) (Middle High German belde), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (balþei, “boldness, courage”). More at bold.