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for-gildan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to pay back, restore what has been taken
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  • Gif man forstele feoðerfót neát . . . fæste án gear and forgylde ꝥ hé forstolen hæbbe

    (quod furatus fuerit reddat),

    oððe .II. geár fæste,

    • Ll. Th. ii. 140, 34
      • .
with idea of compensation.
absolute,
to make compensation to a person (dat.), pay damages at law
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  • Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forð ne cume, ágife ꝥ feoh, and forgielde, and gebéte þám byrgean,

    • Ll. Th. i. 122, 6
      • .

  • Gif hwá Godes flýman hæbbe on unriht, ágife hine tó rihte, and forgylde þám þe hit gebyrige, and gylde þám cyninge be his weregilde,

    • 410, 16
      • .

  • Gif hwá wrace dó . . . ꝥ hé him on nime, ágife, and forgielde, and gebéte mid .xxx. sciłł.,

    • 108, 5
      • .

  • Gif hwá reáflác gewyrce, ágife, and forgylde (cf. ágife hé þone reáflác, and geselle .LX. sciłł. tó wíte,

    • 108, 9:
    and see first passage under (1 a)),

    and beó his weres scyldig wið þone cynincg,

    • 410, 2
      • .

  • Man wolde biddan þæs reáfláces ꝥ hé hit sciolde ágyfan, and forgyldan, and þám cyninge his wer,

    • Cht. Th. 289, 28
      • .

  • Gif ic gesealde ǽnigre wífhanda ꝥ hé gestrýnde, þonne forgyldan míne mágas . . . For ðon ic cweþe ꝥ hí hit gyldan, for þon hý fóð tó mínum þe ic syllan mót,

    • 491, 23.
where the rate or manner of payment is given:
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  • Bæd Ælfsige ǽgiftes his mannes

    (a woman who had been stolen),

    and Æðelstán hine ágef, and forgeald him mid twám pundum,

    • Cht. Th. 206, 31
      • .

  • Meduman leódgelde forgelde,

    • Ll. Th. i. 4, 9
      • .

  • Mid weorðe forgelde,

    • 12, 2
      • .
with acc. of object for which compensation is made.
the object a person slain or injured
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  • Gif hé ǽnig lande næbbe, forgilde hine man mid .LXX. sciłł. (cf. sí his wer .LXXX. sciłł., 2),

    • Ll. Th. i. 188, 3
      • :
    • 6
      • :
    • ii. 294, 7
      • .

  • Gif man æt unlagum man bewǽpnige, forgilde hine be his healsfange; and gif hine man gebinde, forgilde be healfan were,

    • i. 408, 18-20.

  • Gif hwá fǽmnan beswíce unbeweddode, and hire mid slǽpe, forgielde hié,

    • 52, 6
      • .

  • Hé þone ǽnne héht golde forgyldan, þone þe Grendel ácwealde,

    • B. 1054
      • .
the object a thing lost or destroyed or damaged
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  • Gif . . . sié funden ꝥ hé ǽr stæl, be twyfealdum forgielde hé hit (cf. gilde be twifealdon

    duplum restituet,

    • Ex. 22, 4
      • ),
    • Ll. Th. i. 50, 23
      • .

  • Gif mon áfelle on wuda wel monega treówa . . ., forgielde .III. treówu ǽlc .XXX. sciłł.,

    • 128, 20
      • .

  • Gif fyrdscip man ámyrre ꝥ hit ǽnote weorðe, forgilde hit fullíce,

    • 324, 7
      • .

  • Ðeáh úre heorda hwylc án sceáp forgýme, wé willað ꝥ hé hit forgylde,

    • ii. 326, 25.
the object an undischarged obligation
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  • Ciricsceat gelǽste man be Martinus mæssan, and se þe ꝥ ne gelǽste, forgilde hine mid twelffealdan,

    • Ll. Th. i. 342, 28
      • .

  • Forgylde hine .XI. síðan,

    • 366, 20
      • .
the object a misdeed
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  • Sceolan wé mid úre ánre sáule forgyldan and gebétan ealle þá þing þe wé ǽr ofor his bebod gedydon,

    • Bl. H. 91, 16
      • .
with acc. of compensation paid
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  • Gif man mannan ofslæhð . . . ealne leód forgelde . . . þá mágas healfne leód forgelden,

    • Ll. Th. i. 8, 6, 8.

  • Ealle forgielden þone wer gemǽnum hondum,

    • 80, 16
      • .
with idea of release, redemption.
to pay for a criminal to save him from punishment
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  • Gif hine

    (the criminal)

    mon eft gefó, forgielde hé hine selfa be his wergilde,

    • Ll. Th. i. 66, 11
      • .

  • Sý hé his tungan scyldig, búton hé hine mid his were forgilde,

    • 384, 27
      • .

  • Sié se hláford ofslegen oþþe forgolden,

    • i. 50, 1.
to pay to get immunity from, buy off
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  • Eów betere is þæt gé þisne gárrǽs mid gafole forgyldon,

    • By. 32
      • .
with idea of recompense, retribution,
to repay, pay out, requite a person (dat.).
absolute
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  • Hé forgylt ánra gehwylcum æfter his ágenum gewyrhtum

    reddet Deus unicuique secundum opera sua,

    • Wlfst. 184, 9
      • .

  • Wæs him forgolden æfter his ágenum gewyrhtum,

    • Bl. H. 45, 2
      • .
with acc. of action that is recompensed
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  • Ic heora synne swinglum forgylde

    visitabo in verberibus peccata eorum,

    • Ps. Th. 88, 29.

  • Forþon þú ús þus dydest, wé hit þé forgyldaþ,

    • Bl. H. 241, 18
      • .

  • Hý him grimme forguldon þone wígcræft þe hý æt him geleornodon

    vincere, dum vincitur, edocuit,

    • Ors. 1, 2
      • ;
    • S. 30, 7
      • .

  • Mid hwám hié hit ðé forgielden

    (retribuant),

    • Past. 323, 24
      • .

  • Hé wolde Grendle forgyldan gúðrǽsa fela,

    • B. 1577
      • .

  • Hé wile hit him mid yfele eall forgyldan,

    • Bl. H. 55, 25
      • .

  • Hit weorþeþ forgolden,

    • 195, 23.
the object a clause:
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  • Hé ús forgyldeþ swá wé nú hér dóþ ge gódes ge yfeles

    he will requite us for both the good and the evil that we do here,

    • Bl. H. 51, 26.
with acc. of object which has been the subject of action to be requited:
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  • Beorges hyrde wolde líge forgyldan dryncfæt dýre

    the fire-drake wanted to repay (the robbery of) the precious cup with flame,

    • B. 2305
      • .
to pay what is due, perform a vow
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  • Ðú forgeldes Drihtne giháta ðíne,

    • Mt. L. 5, 33
      • .

  • Þæt ic ðé forgulde ealle þá gehát,

    • Ps. Th. 65, 13
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. foryield
:
Goth. fra-gildan
:
O. Sax. O. L. Ger. far-geldan
:
O. Frs. for-ielda
:
O. H. Ger. fer-geltan.
]
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v. un-forgolden.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-gildan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/45698.

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