bylden

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

beelden, belde, bilden, bildyn, bulden, buylde, buylden

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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

To lodge: to stay or reside.
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.)‎^[1], 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)
To edify; to improve or promote welfare and religion.
To furnish; to supply quarters with necessities.

Usage notes edit

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

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of bylden (weak in -te/-de/in -ed)

infinitive	(to) bylden, bylde
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	bylde	bylte, bylde, bylded
2nd-person singular	byldest	byltest, byldest, byldedest
3rd-person singular	byldeth	bylte, bylde, bylded
subjunctive singular	bylde	bylte, bylde, bylded
imperative singular	bylde	—

plural¹	bylden, bylde	bylten, bylte, bylden, bylde, byldeden, byldede
imperative plural	byldeth, bylde	—

participles	byldynge, byldende	bylt, byld, bylded, ybylt, ybyld, ybylded

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

English: build

References edit

“bīlden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

West Frisian edit

Noun edit

bylden

plural of byld