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gield

  • noun [ neuter ]
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gield, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§343; §562;
A payment of money, recompense, substitute, offering, worship, service, a heathen deity
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  • Sáwlum to gielde

    for a recompense to their souls,

    • Exon. 23 b
    • ;
    • Th. 66, 30
    • ;
    • Cri. 1079
    • .
  • Wæs Abeles gield

    was Abel's substitute,

    • Cd. 55
    • ;
    • Th. 67, 32
    • ;
    • Gen. 1109
    • :
    • 5
    • ;
    • Th. 7, 5
    • ;
    • Gen. 101
    • :
    • 47
    • ;
    • Th. 60, 5
    • ;
    • Gen. 977
    • :
    • Exon. 67 b
    • ;
    • Th. 251, 17
    • ;
    • Jul. 146
    • :
    • 58 a
    • ;
    • Th. 253, 3
    • ;
    • Jul. 174
    • .
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v. gild.
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  • gield, n.