byld

Middle English

Verb

byld

  1. (Northern) alternative form of belden

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /byld/, [byɫd]

Verb

byld

  1. singular imperative of byldan

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

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

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bilt/

Noun

byld n (plural bylden, diminutive byldsje)

  1. image
  2. statue, sculpture

Derived terms

Further reading

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