Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
Shelter, refuge or protection.
This breast, this bosom soft, shall be thy bield / 'Gainst storms of arrows, darts, and weapons thrown.
From Middle English belde, beeld, beld, from Old English bieldu (“courage, boldness”), from Proto-Germanic *balþį̄ (“boldness”), from *balþaz (“bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to inflate, sw...
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