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bield

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Noun — Courage or confidence, especially a feeling of being safe.

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Etymology

Came into English from Middle English belde, beeld or beld, which developed from Old English bieldu (“courage, boldness”), from Proto-Germanic *balþį̄ (“boldness”), from *balþaz (“bold”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to inflate, swell”). It is cognate with Old High German baldī (“boldness, courage”) (Mi...

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