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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1791-1807

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BELD, adj.2 Bold. Also compar. belder. An irregular form for Sc. Bauld.Sc. 1807 Allan Dict. Ancient Lang. of Sc. 30:
Beld, bold.Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 24:
A bardie ablins can affuird A belder counsel than a laird.

[Not given in D.O.S.T. O.E. beald, bold, Mid.Eng. beld(e), 13th and 14th centuries. This compar. belder may have arisen from bauld on the analogy of auld — elder, and then beld may have been a new formation from belder.]

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