byld

Middle English

Verb

byld

1. (Northern) alternative form of belden

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byld/, [byɫd]
• Rhymes: -yld

Verb

byld

1. singular imperative of byldan

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• bøld, bold, boldh, ᛒᛦᛚᚦ

Etymology

Related to Norwegian Bokmål byll and maybe to Icelandic búlda. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

byld f

1. boil, abscess, growth

Declension

Declension of byld (i-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	byld	byldin	byldi(r), -e(r)	byldina(r), byldena(r)
accusative	byld	byldina, -ena	byldi(r), -e(r)	byldina(r), byldena(r)
dative	byld	byldinni, -inne	byldum, -om	byldumin, -omen
genitive	bylda(r)	byldinna(r)	bylda	byldanna

Descendants

• Swedish: böld

References

• “böld”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• byld in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biliþi. Cognate with Dutch beeld, German Bild.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bilt/

Noun

byld n (plural bylden, diminutive byldsje)

1. image
2. statue, sculpture

Derived terms

• foarbyld

Further reading

• “byld”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011