belder

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to cry, bawl, or shout noisily, especially of a child

   The frightened child began to belder for his mother.

2. 2
   verb

   to make the deep roaring cry of cattle; to bellow

   The cattle beldered when they were separated from the herd.

A northern English and Scots dialect frequentative of bell, an old verb meaning to roar or bellow, from Old English bellan. The d developed between l and r, a sound change also found in other dialect words.

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