Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bield

(obsolete or dialectal) Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance. / (obsolete or dialectal) Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.

(transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To make bold, give courage or confidence to. / (transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To defend, protect or shelter.

(Scotland) Sheltered from the weather; affording shelter.

(geometry, of a curve) Being a branched double cover of an elliptic curve. / (geometry, of a surface) hyperelliptic

A periodic Jupiter-family comet first recorded in 1772, subsequently splitting in two and not observed since 1852.

(astronomy) Andromedid

plural of Bielid

present participle of bield

simple past tense and past participle of bield