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gildan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
gildan, geldan, gieldan, gyldan, ic gilde, gielde, gylde, ðú giltst, gieltst, gyltst, gilst, he gildeþ, gilt, gielt, gylt, pl. gildaþ; p. geald, pl. guldon; pp. golden; v.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §499;
a; n. To yield, pay, restore, requite, give, render, make an offering, serve, worship; reddere, solvere, tribuere, retribuere, rependere, restituere, service, colere
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  • Gafol gyldan

    to pay tribute,

    • Ors. 1, 10
      • ;
    • Bos. 32, 24, 28
      • :
    • Mt. Bos. 17, 24
      • .

  • Ic mín gehát Dryhtne gylde

    vota mea Domino reddam,

    • Ps. Th. 115, 8
      • :
    • 78, 13
      • :
    • 93, 22
      • .

  • Se gylt ǽlcum be his gewyrhtum

    he requites each according to his works,

    • Bt. 40, 7
      • ;
    • Fox 244, 1
      • :
    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 20, 35
      • .

  • Gilde ðæt ilce wíte ðæt se óðer sceolde gif he him ryhtes wyrnde

    let him pay the like penalty that the other should if he had denied him justice,

    • L. Ath. i. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 200, 18
      • .

  • Drihtne guldon gód

    they paid good to the Lord,

    • Cd. 111
      • ;
    • Th. 146, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 2419
      • .

  • Gilde be twífealdon

    duplum restituet,

    • Ex. 22, 4, 7
      • .

  • Gilde twífealdon,

    • 22. 9
      • .

  • Gilde ðone byrst

    reddet damnum,

    • 22, 6, 12
      • .

  • Gild ðínum esne góde dǽde

    retribue servo tuo,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 17
      • .

  • Heaðo-rǽsas geald mearum and mádmum

    requited war-attacks with horses and treasures,

    • Beo. Th. 2099
      • ;
    • B. 1047
      • .

  • Ðæt ǽlc gulde óþrum edleán ǽlces weorces

    that each should render to another recompense for every work,

    • Bt. 39, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 212, 5
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 27, 51
      • ;
    • Met. 27, 26
      • .

  • Mín sceal mid grimme gryre golden wurþan fyll and feorh-cwealm

    my fall and murder shall be requited with grim horror,

    • Cd. 55
      • ;
    • Th. 67, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 1102
      • .

  • Sceuccgyldum swýðe guldan

    servierunt sculptilibus eorum,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 26
      • .

  • Bebeád se cásere ðæt cristne men guldan deófolgeldum

    the emperor ordered that christian men should worship idols,

    • Shrn. 88, 14, 22
      • :
    • 74, 26
      • .

  • Deóflum geldan

    to worship devils,

    • 110, 18
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. Orm. ȝelden
:
cf. Shakspere's God ild you
:
O. Sax. geldan reddere, retribuere, solvere, præstare
:
O. Frs. jelda
:
O. H. Ger. geltan reddere, solvere, retribuere, sacrificare
:
Goth. -gildan, fra-gildan; p. -gald, pl. -guldum; pp. -guldans to repay, requite
:
Icel. gjalda.
]
Derived forms
a-gildan, an-, on-, for-, ge-, to-
Linked entries
v.  a-giltst an-golden ge-gyldan geldan gieldan gyldan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/17055.

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