bylden

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English bytlan, from Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan, from Proto-Germanic *buþlijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːldən/
  • (Southern) IPA(key): /ˈbyːldən/

Verb

bylden (third-person singular simple present byldeth, present participle byldynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative bylte, past participle bylt)

  1. To lodge: to stay or reside.
  2. To make, start, or begin:
    1. To erect, build, or create (a structure or building)
      • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 2:20, page 45r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
        þerfoꝛ the iewis ſeiden to hym / in fourti ⁊ ſixe ȝeer þis temple was bildid .· ⁊ ſchalt þou in þꝛe daies reiſe it .·?
        Then the Jews said to him: "This temple was built in forty-six years, and you want to rebuild it in three days?"
    2. To establish, begin, create (an organisation)
  3. To edify; to improve or promote welfare and religion.
  4. To furnish; to supply quarters with necessities.

Usage notes

  • bylden is rarely found outside Southwestern Middle English before well into the 14th century.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: build

References

West Frisian

Noun

bylden

  1. plural of byld
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