bieldu

Old English

Alternative forms

• bieldo, byldu, beldu, beldo
• bældu, bældo — Anglian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balþį̄ (“boldness”). By surface analysis, beald +‎ -u, with expected i-mutation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi͜yl.du/, [ˈbi͜yɫ.du]

Noun

bieldu f

1. boldness, confidence
2. impudence, presumption

Declension

Strong īn-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bieldu	bieldu, bielde
accusative	bieldu, bielde	bieldu, bielde
genitive	bieldu, bielde	bielda
dative	bieldu, bielde	bieldum

Derived terms

• unbieldu
• ġebieldu

Related terms

• beald
• bealdnes
• bieldan
• bealdor

Descendants

• English: bield

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “bildu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2024), “byldu”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.