bylden

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old English bytlan, from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan, from Proto-Germanic *buþlijaną, from Proto-Germanic *buþlą, *bōþlą (house, dwelling, farm).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbeːldən/, /ˈbiːldən/, /ˈbildən/
    • (Southern, West Midland) IPA(key): /ˈbyːldən/, /ˈbyldən/

    Verb

    bylden (third-person singular simple present byldeth, present participle byldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bylte, past participle bylt)

    1. To lodge: to stay or reside.
    2. To make, start, or begin:
      1. To erect, build, or create (a structure or building)
        • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[1], published c. 1410, Joon 2:20, page 45r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
          þerfoꝛ the iewis ſeiden to hym / in fourti ⁊ ſixe ȝeer þis temple was bildid .· ⁊ ſchalt þou in þꝛe daies reiſe it .·?
          Then the Jews said to him: "This temple was built in forty-six years, and you want to rebuild it in three days?"
      2. To establish, begin, create (an organisation)
    3. To edify; to improve or promote welfare and religion.
    4. To furnish; to supply quarters with necessities.

    Usage notes

    • bylden is rarely found outside Southwestern Middle English before well into the 14th century.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of bylden (weak in -te/-de/in -ed)
    infinitive (to) bylden, bylde
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular bylde bylte, bylde, bylded
    2nd-person singular byldest byltest, byldest, byldedest
    3rd-person singular byldeth bylte, bylde, bylded
    subjunctive singular bylde
    imperative singular
    plural1 bylden, bylde bylten, bylte, bylden, bylde, byldeden, byldede
    imperative plural byldeth, bylde
    participles byldynge, byldende bylt, byld, bylded, ybylt, ybyld, ybylded

    1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: build

    References

    West Frisian

    Noun

    bylden

    1. plural of byld