beald

Old English

Alternative forms

• bald

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz. Cognate with Old Saxon bald, Old High German bald, Old Norse ballr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæ͜ɑld/, [bæ͜ɑɫd]

Adjective

beald

1. brave, bold

Declension

Declension of beald — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	beald	beald	beald
Accusative	bealdne	bealde	beald
Genitive	bealdes	bealdre	bealdes
Dative	bealdum	bealdre	bealdum
Instrumental	bealde	bealdre	bealde
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bealde	bealda, bealde	beald
Accusative	bealde	bealda, bealde	beald
Genitive	bealdra	bealdra	bealdra
Dative	bealdum	bealdum	bealdum
Instrumental	bealdum	bealdum	bealdum

Declension of beald — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bealda	bealde	bealde
Accusative	bealdan	bealdan	bealde
Genitive	bealdan	bealdan	bealdan
Dative	bealdan	bealdan	bealdan
Instrumental	bealdan	bealdan	bealdan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bealdan	bealdan	bealdan
Accusative	bealdan	bealdan	bealdan
Genitive	bealdra, bealdena	bealdra, bealdena	bealdra, bealdena
Dative	bealdum	bealdum	bealdum
Instrumental	bealdum	bealdum	bealdum

Derived terms

• bealdian
• bealdlīċe
• bieldo
• cyningbeald
• cyrebeald
• unbeald

Descendants

• Middle English: bolde, bold, boold, bald, beald
  • English: bold, bawd
  • Scots: bald, bauld, baul, bawl, beld