An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/-bold

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Bolchen

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

-bold

bölken

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry -bold.

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2552747An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — -boldJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

-bold, in compounds like Raufbold, Witzbold, &c., from Middle High German bolt, genitive boldes; it is the unaccented form of the Middle High German adjective balt, ‘bold,’ which is discussed under bald.