bolde

Danish

Noun

bolde c

1. indefinite plural of bold

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bold, boold, bald, beald

Etymology

From Old English bald, beald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔːld/
• (Northern ME, Early ME) IPA^(key): /baːld/

Adjective

bolde

1. bold
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.

     Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.

Descendants

• English: bold, bawd
• Scots: bald, bauld, baul, bawl, beld

References

• “bōld(e, adj. as n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpoːlːte/

Verb

bōlde

1. inflection of boaldit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolde/, [ˈboɫde]

Noun

bolde

1. dative singular of bold

Saterland Frisian

Adverb

bolde

1. soon