Meaning of bieldy | Babel Free

Definitions

Sheltered from the weather; affording shelter.

Scotland

Examples

“His Honour, ye see⟳, being under hiding in thae sair times--the mair's the pity--he lies a' day, and whiles a' night, in the cove in the dern hag; but though it's a bieldy eneugh bit, and the auld gudeman o' Corse-Cleugh has panged it wi' a kemple o' strae amaist, yet when the country's quiet, and the night very cauld, his Honour whiles creeps doun here to get⟳ a warm at the ingle and a sleep⟳ amang the blankets, and gangs awa in the morning.”

“Then it was that they were wont to come⟳ over our seven hills and seven waters to help⟳ themselves to our cattle when the same were at their fattest and best It would be a skurry of bare knees down pass⟳ and brae, a ring⟳ of the robbers round the herd sheltering on the bieldy side of the hill or in the hollows among the ripe grass, a brisk change⟳ of shot and blow⟳ if alarm rose, and then hie! over the moor by Macfarlane's lantern.”

“Even the grass nodding in the wind lent a thin voice to the chorus, a voice such as only the sharp and sea-trained ear may comprehend, that beasts hear⟳ long before the wind itself is apparent, so that they remove⟳ themselves to the bieldy sides of the hills before tumult breaks.”

“The old Cameronian kirk sits on a hill, and is surrounded by trees, a place⟳ both bieldy and heartsome.”

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