The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beild \Beild\, n. [Prob. from the same root as build, v. t.] A place of shelter; protection; refuge. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
The random beild o' clod or stane.
--Burns.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (label en obsolete or dialectal) boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance. 2 (label en obsolete or dialectal) resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance. 3 (label en obsolete or dialectal) shelter, refuge or protection. 4 (label en obsolete or dialectal) A place of shelter, a refuge. Etymology 2
vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete or dialectal English) To make bold, give courage or confidence to. 2 (context transitive obsolete or dialectal English) To defend, protect or shelter.
Usage examples of "bield".
Rahab the harlot, to gie bield to the Israelitish spies that come up against Jericho.
The silver pipe sounded again, and as the wind rose higher and the falling water slanted under it to search out even the bield of the trees, he saw figures moving hurriedly off.
I had been told exactly what a bield wall was the previous year by a small boy.
Rahab the harlot, to gie bield to the Israelitish spies that come up against Jericho.
Ye lie on your wame a bittie in the bield of this wood, and ye tell me that ye've cuist off these Frasers and Macgregors.