byld

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Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

byld

  1. singular imperative of byldan

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Norwegian Bokmål byll and maybe to Icelandic búlda. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

byld f

  1. boil, abscess, growth

Declension

Descendants

  • Swedish: böld

References

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biliþī. Cognate with Dutch beeld, German Bild.

Pronunciation

Noun

byld n (plural bylden, diminutive byldsje)

  1. image
  2. statue, sculpture

Derived terms

Further reading

  • byld”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011