A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1420, 1513
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Bald, Baulde, v. [Northern ME. bald, early ME. balden, f. Bald a.] tr. To make bold or strong; to embolden.c1420 Wynt. iv. 459 (all thaire fyrys thai gert baulde; v.r. bald). 1513 Doug. x. vii. 90 (schame and dolour baldis the pepill to the bargane).
