Meaning

(obsolete) Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
2. (obsolete) Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
3. (archaic in Scotland, Northern England, obsolete elsewhere) Shelter, refuge or protection.
4. (archaic in Scotland, Northern England, obsolete elsewhere) A place of shelter, a refuge.
5. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
6. (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To defend, protect or shelter.

Example Sentences

This breast, this bosom soft, shall be thy bield / 'Gainst storms of arrows, darts, and weapons thrown.

Word Forms

• bields
• beeld
• beild
• bielding
• bielded

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Use bield when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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