"beild" meaning in English

See beild in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: beilds [plural]
Etymology: Probably from the same root as build. Head templates: {{en-noun}} beild (plural beilds)
  1. (Scotland, archaic) A place of shelter; protection; refuge. Tags: Scotland, archaic Synonyms: beeld, bield

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, Book II, lxxxiv",
          "text": "This is our beild, the blust'ring winds to shun."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1786, Robert Burns, To a Mountain Daisy:",
          "text": "The random beild o' clod or stane.",
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      "links": [
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        ],
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        "(Scotland, archaic) A place of shelter; protection; refuge."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "beeld"
        },
        {
          "word": "bield"
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      ],
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          "text": "This is our beild, the blust'ring winds to shun."
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