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beald

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§303; §426; §620;
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bold, confident
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  • Bald

    fretus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 26:

    fretus, confidens, presumptus,

      36, 12.
  • Bealwes tó beald,

      Bl. H. 109, 28.
  • Hé næs náht beald him tó tó gánne,

      Gr. D. 132, 13.
  • Se bealda Hieu,

      Hml. S. 18, 359.
  • Hí hæfden on bendum ǽnne bealdne ðeóf, Barraban (cf. ǽnne strangne þeófmann, insignem )

      Mt. 27, 16
    ,

      Hml. Th. ii. 252, 11.
  • Wǽron Somnite swá bealde

    in tantum abusus est victoriae securitate,

    • Ors. 3, 8
    • ;
    • S. 120, 32.
  • Wæs hé bealdra (baldra, v. l.) geworden on þǽre frignesse

    constantior interrogando factus,

    • Bd. 2, 12
    • ;
    • Sch. 157, 15.
  • Ꝥ hí þý baldran and þý unforhtran wǽron,

    • 3, 18
    • ;
    • Sch. 274, 21.
  • Ðæt hié (elati) ne sién bealdran and orsorgran ðonne hié scylen

    ne plus quam decet sint liberi,

      Past. 302, 14.
  • Hié beóð bealdran ðá gódan tó suenc-eanne

    se robustius bonorum afflictionibus illidunt,

      361, 14.
bold, impudent
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  • Bald

    frontuosus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 29: 151, 27.
  • Sió balde

    frontosa (impudentia),

      85, 27.
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v. heáfod-beald.
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