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for-gildan

  • verb [ strong ]
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for-gildan, -gyldan, -gieldan, -geldan; he -gildeþ, -gilt; p. ic, he -geald, ðú -gulde, pl. -guldon; subj. pres. -gilde, pl. -gilden; p. -gulde, pl. -gulden; pp. -golden
To pay for, make good, repay, requite, recompense, reward; reddĕre, exsolvĕre, compensāre, retrĭbuĕre
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  • Him wile éce Ælmihtig forgildan

    the eternal Almighty will repay them,

    • Exon. 62 b
      • ;
    • Th. 230, 17
      • ;
    • Ph. 473.

  • He him ðære lisse leán forgildeþ

    he will pay him a reward for that affection,

    • Exon. 14 a
      • ;
    • Th. 27, 22
      • ;
    • Cri. 434.

  • Eall he hit forgilt

    he will recompense it all,

    • Bt. 42
      • ;
    • Fox 258, 28.

  • Swá hwæt swá man dǽr of forstæl, ic hit forgeald

    whatsoever has been stolen therefrom, I have repaid it;

    quidquid furto pĕrībant, a me exĭgēbas,

    • Gen. 31, 39: Job Thw. 168, 17: Beo. Th. 3087
      • ;
    • B. 1541: 5929
      • ;
    • B. 2968: Cd. 158
      • ;
    • Th. 197, 31
      • ;
    • Exod. 315: 226
      • ;
    • Th. 301, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 578.

  • Ða forguldon yfelu for gódum

    retrĭbuērunt măla pro bŏnis,

    • Ps. Spl. 37, 21: Chr. 1039
      • ;
    • Erl. 167, 20.

  • Forgilde hine be his were

    let him pay for him according to his value,

    • L. In. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 110, 4, note 14, MS. H: 9
      • ;
    • Th. i. 108, 5, note 14, MS. H: L. Ath. i. 1, 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 200, 1, 15: L. Edg. ii. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 266, 25: Andr. Kmbl. 774
      • ;
    • An. 387.

  • Forgildan hý hine be his were

    let them pay for him according to his value,

    • L. Ath. i. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 198, 24.

  • Ðæt hine man forgulde

    that a man should pay for him.

    • L. Ath. v. § 6, 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 234, 11: Ps. Th. 65, 13.

  • Gif ðú gód dést, hit biþ ðé mid góde forgolden; gif ðú ðonne yfel dést, hit biþ ðé mid yfele forgolden

    if thou doest good, it shall be repaid thee with good; but if thou doest evil, it shall be repaid thee with evil,

    • Gen. 4, 7: Cd. 35
      • ;
    • Th. 47, 6
      • ;
    • Gen. 756: Beo. Th. 5679
      • ;
    • B. 2843: Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24, 31
      • ;
    • Jud. 217: Menol. Fox 302
      • ;
    • Men. 152.

  • Him wǽron eft forgoldene feówertyne þúsend sceápa

    fourteen thousand sheep were repaid him,

    • Job Thw. 168, 19.
Etymology
[
Dut. ver-gelden
:
Ger. ver-gelten to reward, recompense.
]
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v.  for-geldan for-gieldan.
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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/11477.

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