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baud (c.1136-37)
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The form bals is a cross reference to the following entry:

baud (c.1136-37)

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bald,  balt,  bault ,  baut   (beaut  Pet Plet ANTS 249 );
pl. bals,  bauds,  baudz,  baus  
  FEW:  *bald 15/i,29b Gdf:  bald 1,561a GdfC: ∅ TL: baut 1,890 DEAF:  baut  DMF:  baud  TLF: ∅ OED:  baude a.  MED:  baud a.  DMLBS:  baldus 177c

a.

1emotionhappy: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  H. se fet baud e led: sa bataille ad vencue  Horn 1709
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  joius e lé e balt  Trist thomas2 2972
2bold, dauntless: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  De guereier estoit mult baud  GAIMAR1 (H) 2126
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  hardy et bald en la grace Dieu  Ancren1 186.20
♦bold, audacious, (over-)confident, presumptuous: 
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Une noit quant fist mult obscur Vindrent il tut baud e seur  S Edm Life ANTS 3128
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mult quidez estre sutil e beaut (var. (O,V: s.xiii3/4,s.xiv) baud) De un sen ke mult poi vus vaut  Pet Plet ANTS 249
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ire e Orgoil [...] vers moi sunt trop baus e feluns  Plainte Am 19.77
( MS: s.xiii2 )  effrons: (D) baud  TLL ii 16
♦lively, pert: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Ceste (=girl) est humble, cele est plus baude  A-N Med ii 77.42
♦arrogant, officious: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Li Phariseus balz esteit  Mirur1 141 rb31
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Auxint est des baillifs. Tant com dure lur mestrie, sount baudz et fiers  BOZ Cont 124
3falc.ven.(of hawks, hounds) keen, game: 
( s.xiv1/4; MS: s.xivm )  ses chiens sunt baudz  TWITI1 155
baud a
happy with, in agreement with: 
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Et l’eir, ke est muiste e chaude, Al chaut fu est par itant baude  Pet Phil 344
baud de
emboldened, prone to: 
( 1335 )  les meffesours despuniz & baudes de mesfaire  Rot Parl1 ii 95
( 1339 )  felons [...] sount plus bauds de faire homicides et robberies  Rot Parl1 ii 104
( 1430; MS: s.xv2/4 )  Si vous estez de age hault, Pur ceo ne serretz vous trop bault A nully de mesfaire  Courtoisie 435.158
faire baud
to embolden, put heart into: 
( 1302-05 )  en totes les maneres par quoi vous le (=falcon) porrez bien entrer et faire baud  Lett Ed I 13.9
faire baud de
to embolden, encourage to: 
( c.1380; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  la grande perfeccione d’amour qe moy moustrastes [...] me fait baud d’escrire a vostre [...] paternitee  SAMPS1 387
se faire baud
to be emboldened, cheered: 
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Moisés s'en vait e Aron arere, Mult se funt baud e fier andui li frere  Anc Test (B) 2125
se faire baud de
to dare, be so bold as to: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Ne me fu enchargié; ja ne m’en ferai baut  Becket1 1904

See also:

tresbaud 
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