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▪ I. † ˈbolden, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6–7 boulden.
[f. bold a. + -en2.]
1. trans. To make bold, embolden, encourage. refl. To take courage, ‘make bold’ (to do a thing).
1526Tindale 1 Cor. viii. 10 Shall not the conscience of hym that is weake be boldened to eate those thynges. 1530Palsgr. 459/2 It is good to bolden a boye in his youth. 1535Coverdale 1 Sam. xiii. 12, I boldened my selfe, & offred a burntofferynge. 1709Kennet tr. Erasm. Praise Folly 46 These..bolden us likewise and spur us on.
2. intr. To take courage, be bold. dial.
1864Atkinson Whitby Gloss., ‘Bowden tiv her man! faint heart never won fair lady.’
Hence ˈboldened ppl. a., ˈboldening vbl. n.
1575Turberv. Bk. Venerie 182 For the better boldnyng and encouraging of them. 1595Spenser Sonn. v, Boldned innocence. 1621Bolton Stat. Irel. 333 [Act 11 Eliz.], The boldening and incouraging of many offendours. 1628Feltham Resolves i. lviii. Wks. (1677) 90 Vice braves it with a boldned face.
▪ II. † ˈbolden, boldne, v.2 Sc. Obs.
Also bowden.
[var. bolne to swell, with d generated between l and n.]
intr. To swell.
a1510Douglas K. Hart 78 Boldning to ryis the castell to confound. 1513― æneis i. viii. 73 The fluide boldnit [ed. 1710 boldynnyt], and stormy Orion..cachit ws anon. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. Excus. Prentar (Jam.) Sum boldin at othir in maist cruel feid. 1597J. Melvill Diary (1842) 428 Invy and Malice Did bowden in the breist of craftie men.
▪ III. † ˈbolden, -in, pa. pple. Sc. (obs.)
Also boulden, bowden, -in.
[var. of bollen: cf. prec.]
Swollen.
1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 112 The river..was be inundation of snawis, boldin above the brayis. 1553Lyndesay Monarche 3885 They grew so boildin [MS. E. boldin], in thare breistis. 1567Sempill Ballates (1872) 30 That bowdin bludy beist. c1590A. Hume Thanks Summ. Day, The birds, with boulden throats. 1768Ross Helenore 61 (Jam.) Her breast with wae was bowden. |