belden
Middle English
/ˈbeːldən/
verb
Definitions
- To promote, motivate, or foster.
- To thrive or prosper; to grow up.
- To safeguard; to shield or guard.
- To discover or utilise accommodation or shelter.
- (rare) To teach, to educate; to pass on teaching.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English byldan (build, embolden, construct) 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
- *buþlijaną Proto-Germanic
- bieldan Old English
- bold Old English
- byldan Old English
- beelden Middle English
- bilden Middle English
- encouragen Middle English
- 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- beldian Old Saxon
- *baldijan Frankish