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veild

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An archaic spelling of "veiled," meaning covered, obscured, or hidden; used in historical or imitative verse to evoke mystery, concealment, mourning, or the decorous reticence of an earlier literary period.

Detailed Definition
Blake’s spelling reflects older English usage. Here it means the night had covered the pole, adding a shadowy, concealed atmosphere to the poem’s ending.
Example
Example in poetry:
“When the night had veild the pole” (Coleridge); Mist veild the harbor lamps; Her veil'd meaning hovered beneath the simple words; “Veild” is an archaic spelling of “veiled”; A veiled image is hidden, softened, or made mysterious rather than fully revealed
Additional Notes
The form "veild" in "When the night had veild the pole;" is an archaic spelling that modern readers may not recognize at once.; Found in the poem, A Poison Tree by William Blake
Also Known As
veiled shrouded cloaked
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