bieldy

When I came here first frae our ain country, where the men are as rude as the weather, by my conscience, England was a bieldy bit; one would have thought the king had little to do but to walk by quiet waters, per aquam refectionis.

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

It was now abute the gloaming when my ain same Janet (heav'n sain her saul) was sitting sae bieldy in a bit neuk ayant the ingle, while the winsome weans gathering around their minnie were listing till some auld spae wife's tale o 'ghaists and worriecows; when on a sudden some ane tirled at the door pin.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various

I recovered some where they had halted in bieldy places; others of them went further, and fell into other hands, and particularly into those of a neighbour, who, a short while previously, had played an unmanly part relating to a sheep and the march which ran between us.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

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.

Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro

It was a great howff, o 'Mr. Soulis's onyway; there he would sit an' consider his sermons; and inded it's a bieldy bit.

Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

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

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

It was a great howff, o 'Mr. Soulis's onyway; there he would sit an' consider his sermons 'and inded it's a bieldy bit.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878

--- I can tell you a story o 'Davie, wi' his Honour's leave: 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 '

The Waverley 1877

It was a great howff o 'Mr. Soulis's, onyway; there he would sit an' consider his sermons; and indeed it's a bieldy bit.

Merry Men Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

'O let me lie down upon the bieldy side,' he cried; 'O dinna take me down!'

Essays of Travel Robert Louis Stevenson 1872