Beild
/biːld/noun
A Scots word meaning shelter, protection, or refuge.
Did you know?Beild is an old Scots word tied to the idea of protection and shelter, and it survives in place-names and historical Scots usage rather than everyday modern English.
Etymological Timeline
Old English / Old Scots
Scots
beild
“shelter, protection, refuge”
Old English
OE
byldan
“to build, construct, make a dwelling”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*buldijanan
“to build, construct”
Modern Scots
Scots
beild
“shelter; protection; refuge”