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gild

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
gild, geld, gield, gyld. es; n.
a payment of money, a tribute, compensation, retribution, substitute; solutio, tributum, compensatio, remuneratio, retributio
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  • Beád ðá Swegen full gild

    then Sweyn commanded a full contribution,

    • Chr. 1013
      • ;
    • Th. 273, 6
      • .

  • Ðis wæs swíðe hefigtýme geár þurh mænigfealde gylda

    this was a very grievous year on account of manifold taxes,

    • Chr. 1096
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    • Erl. 233, 25
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  • Menn guldon him gyld

    men paid him tribute,

    • 1066
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    • Fri. 203, 8
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  • On Abeles gyld

    in compensation for Abel,

    • Cd. 55
      • ;
    • Th. 67, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 1104
      • :
    • 153
      • ;
    • Th. 190, 15
      • ;
    • Exod. 199
      • .

  • On ðære sunnan gyld

    in the sun's stead,

    • Exon. 24 a
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    • Th. 68, 14
      • ;
    • Cri. 1103
      • .

  • IX gylde forgylde

    let him pay nine[-fold] for compensation,

    • L. Ethb. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 4, 3
      • .
a
GUILD, society, or club, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societies; societas, fraternitas. The members of the A. Sax. guild were answerable for each other's conduct, and thus character was made of the very greatest importance.
  • v. Kmbl. Sax. Eng. i. 252-253
    • ;
  • Th. Chart. p. xvi
    • ;
  • pp. 605-17
    • :
  • Stubbs' Const. Hist. s. v. III.
a payment to God, worship, service, sacrifice, offering; cultus, sacrificium
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  • Ðú goda ussa gield forhogdest

    thou hast despised the service of our gods,

    • Exon. 67 b
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    • Th. 251, 17
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    • Jul. 246
      • .

  • To ðam gielde

    for that sacrifice,

    • Cd. 74
      • ;
    • Th. 90, 26
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    • Gen. 1501
      • .

  • His Waldende gilde onsægde

    dedicated an offering to his Lord,

    • 137
      • ;
    • Th. 172, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 2842
      • :
    • Rd. 2, 1
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    • S. 501, note 12
      • .
a heathen deity; numen
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  • Gif ðú onsecgan nelt sóþum gieldum

    if thou wilt not sacrifice to true deities,

    • Exon. 68 a
      • ;
    • Th. 253, 3
      • ;
    • Jul. 174
      • .
a visible object of worship, an idol; idolum
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  • He sum gild bræc

    he was destroying an idol,

    • Blickl. Homl. 223, 4
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    • 221, 8, 20
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  • Gyld of golde gumum arǽrde

    reared up for the people an idol of gold,

    • Cd. 180
      • ;
    • Th. 226, 22
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    • Dan. 175
      • :
    • 182; Th. 228, 18
      • ;
    • Dan. 204
      • .
  • v. Grmm. D. M. 34
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  • R. A. 601, 649
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Etymology
[
O. Sax. geld; n. retributio, tributum, cultus divinus, sacrificium
:
O. Frs. jeld; n
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O. H. Ger. gelt; n
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Goth. gild; n. tributum, census, multa
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Icel. gildi, gjald; n. tributum, pæna, præmium, multa cædis.
]
Derived forms
æfter-gild, -geld, -gield, -gyld, án-, bryne-, deófol-, ed-, feónd-, friþ-, frum-, god-, hǽðen-, leód-, sceucc-, þeóf-, un-, wer-, wig-, wiðer-
Similar entries
[Cf. friþ-gild.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-gild ge-gilda geld geold gield gild-scipe ed-gild gyld hǽðen-gild gild-selenn.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “gild.” 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/17053.

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