Associations to the word «Bield»

Wiktionary

BIELD, noun. (obsolete or dialectal) Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
BIELD, noun. (obsolete or dialectal) Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
BIELD, noun. (obsolete or dialectal) Shelter, refuge or protection.
BIELD, noun. (obsolete or dialectal) A place of shelter, a refuge.
BIELD, verb. (transitive) (obsolete or dialectal) To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
BIELD, verb. (transitive) (obsolete or dialectal) To defend, protect or shelter.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope