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bield
(bēld),USA pronunciation n. [Scot.]
- Scottish Termsa shelter;
refuge.
- 1400–50; late Middle English (Scots) beld(e), beild, apparently to be identified with Middle English beild courage, power, aid, Old English bieldo boldness; akin to Gothic balthei confidence. See bold