How they hae ta’en bauld Kinmont Willie, On Haribee to hang him up?
We go to catch a rank reiver, Has broken faith wi’ the bauld Buccleuch.
And forgotten that the bauld Buccleuch Is Keeper here on the Scottish side?
And forgotten that the bauld Buccleuch Can back a steed, or shake a spear?
And have they e'en ta'en him, Kinmont Willie, Withouten either dread or fear, And forgotten that the bauld Buccleugh Can back a steed or shake a spear?
So the 'bauld Buccleugh' was sent to London and brought before the great, haughty English queen.
And have they ta'en him, Kinmont Willie, Against the truce of Border tide, And forgotten that the bauld Buccleugh Is warden here o' the Scottish side?
His brodir alwayis wes him by, Schyr Edward, that wes sa hardy; And with him wes a bauld baroun, Schyr Wilyham the Boroundoun; The Erle off Athole als wes thar.
The-quhethir he had thar, at that ned, Full feill that war douchty off deid; And barownys that war bauld as bar.
And there it is, a silken sarke, Your ain hand sewd the sleive; Ye maun gae speik to Gill Morice; Speir nae bauld barons leave.
I dare nae for my life; I'll no gae to the bauld barons, For to triest furth his wife.
And the bauld Bruce sa cruelly wrocht he, Throuch strenth off hand feill Scottis he gert de.
Lundy him saw, and sadly on him socht; With his gud suerd an awkwart straik him gaiff, Throuch pesan stuff his crag in sondyr draiff; Quhar off the layff astunyt in that sted, The bauld Skelton off Lundyis hand is dede.
Schir Jhone the Grayme, with a staff suerd off steill, His brycht byrneis he persyt euirilkdeill, Throuch all the stuff, and stekit him in that sted: Thus off his dynt the bauld Pykart is ded.
Wallace be this, that fast was lauborand, In Lothyane com witht gud men fyve thowsand, Rycht Weill beseyn, all in to armyss brycht; Thocht to reskew the Cetoun bauld and wycht.
Bauld Cetoun syne to Lothiane made repair: In this storye ye ma her off him mair, And in to Bruce quha likis for to rede; He was with him in mony cruell deid.
A sone he had, bathe wyss, worthi and wicht; Alexander the ferss at Berweik maid him knycht, Quhar schawyn wes off battaill till haif beyne, Betuex Scottis and the bauld Persie keyne.
With a bauld spreit gud Wallace blent about: 1310 A preyst he askyt, for God at deit on tre.
On Wallace sett a bykkyr bauld and keyn; A bow he bair was byg and weyll beseyn, And arrouss als, bath lang and scharpe with aw; No man was thar that Wallace bow mycht draw.
At the Knokheid the bauld Graystok was slayne, And mony man quhilk wes off mekill mayne.
How they ha'e ta'en bauld Kinmont Willie, On Haribee to hang him up?
Their father's married a bauld woman, 5 And brought her ower the sea; Twa sprightly youths, her ain young sons, Intill her companie.
And we will cut our green claithing A little aboon our knee; 70 And we will on to gude greenwood, Twa bauld bowmen to be.
And there it is, a silken sarke, Your ain hand sewd the sleive; Ze maun gae speik to Gill Morice: Speir nae bauld barons leave.
I dare nae for my life; I'll no gae to the bauld baròns, For to triest furth his wife.
As for asking, I am almaistbauld to say, that ye will be asked, Maister Mordaunt.
And wha are ye, that are sae bauld wi' your blessing and banning in other folk's houses?
Od, but he was a bauld body, and he minded the Latin name for the deed that he was wanting.
Now word is gane to the bauld Keeper, In Branksome Ha where that he lay, That Lord Scroope has taen the Kinmont Willie, Between the hours of night and day.
We go to catch a rank reiver, Has broken faith wi the bauld Buccleuch.
He has calld him forty marchmen bauld, Were kinsmen to the bauld Buccleuch, With spur on heel, and splent on spauld, And gleuves of green, and feathers blue.
How they hae taen bauld Kinmont Willie, On Hairibee to hang him up?
And have they een taen him, Kinmont Willie, Withouten either dread or fear, And forgotten that thebauld Bacleuch Can back a steed, or shake a spear?
And forgotten that the bauld Bacleuch Is keeper here on the Scottish side?
Nane were sae bauld While Johnnie lived on the Border side, Nane of them durst come near his hauld.
Too rashly bauld a stronger arm Thou mett'st, and fell'st on the Braes of Yarrow.
On Wednesday the false Southron furth brocht To martyr him as they before had wrocht, Of men in arms led him a full great rout, With a bauld sprite guid Wallace blent about.
I dare nae for my life; I'll ne gae to the bauld baron's, For to tryst forth his wife.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bauld" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
