Bold

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 · 1889 · p. 5

adj. fierce, bold, daring, PP, S; bauld , bawld , S3; belde , big, blustering, S; bald , S2; balder , comp. , P.—AS. beald ; OHG. bald (Otfrid).