bald

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See also bäld, and Bald.

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English balled (“bald”), from ball (“white spot, blaze”) ( + -ed), from Old English *bala (“white patch, blaze”), from Proto-Germanic *balô (“flame”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhela- (“light, bright”). Cognate with Danish bældet (“bald”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌰- (bala-, “shining, grey (of body)”), Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”). Cognate with Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ball (“forehead”).

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Adjective[edit]

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bald (comparative balder, superlative baldest)

  1. Having no hair, fur or feathers.
    • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
      The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.
    1. Having no hair on the head.
      a bald man with a moustache
  2. Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
  3. Of a statement: empirically unsupported.

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Translations[edit]

having no hair
(of tyre) whose surface is worn away
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Noun[edit]

bald (plural balds)

  1. (Appalachian) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

Verb[edit]

bald (third-person singular simple present balds, present participle balding, simple past and past participle balded)

  1. (intransitive) to become bald

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German[edit]

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Adverb[edit]

bald

  1. soon, near in time
    Bald ist der Urlaub vorbei.
    The vacation will soon be over.
  2. (regional) almost
    Mit bald 80 Jahren ist mein Vater noch auf Apfelbäume geklettert.
    At almost 80 years, my father still used to climb on apple trees.

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Old English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bald

  1. Alternative form of beald.

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr.

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bald

  1. bold, quick

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References[edit]

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr.

Adjective[edit]

bald

  1. bold, fearless

Declension[edit]

Positive forms of bald
Strong declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative bald balde bald balde bald baldu
accusative baldna balde bald balde balda baldu
genitive baldes baldarō baldes baldarō baldaro baldarō
dative baldumu baldum baldumu baldum baldaro baldum
Weak declension
masculine neuter feminine
singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative baldo baldu balda baldu balda baldu
accusative baldun baldun balda baldun baldun baldun
genitive baldun baldonō baldun baldonō baldun baldonō
dative baldun baldum baldun baldum baldun baldum


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