bieldan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to make bold, encourage, cheer
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *balþijaną (make bold).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*balþijaną
Gloss
make bold
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- corage English
- encourage English
- encourageable English
- encourager English
- encouragest English
- encourageth English
- overencourage English
- reencourage English
- *balþaz Proto-Germanic
- *balþijaną Proto-Germanic
- byldan Old English
- encouragen Middle English
- 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- beldian Old Saxon
- *baldijan Frankish