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GYLT

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
GYLT, gilt, gelt, gielt, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§298; §387;
Guilt, crime, sin, offence, fault, wrong, debt, fine, forfeiture
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  • Gylt facinus vel

    culpa,

    • Wrt. Voc. 86, 67
      • .

  • Adames gylt

    Adam's guilt,

    • Blickl. Homl. 9, 5: 23, 5
      • ;
    • Exon. 61 b
      • ;
    • Th. 226, 19
      • ;
    • Ph.408
      • .

  • For ðam gylte ðe hig worhton ðæt gildene celf

    for the sin of making the golden calf,

    • Ex. 32, 35
      • ;
    • Deut. 9, 21
      • .

  • Eustatius hæfde gecýdd ðam cynge ðet hit sceolde beón máre gylt ðære burhwaru ðonne his

    Eustace had told the king that it was more the citizens' fault than his,

    • Chr. 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 178, 9
      • .

  • Man geútlagode Ælfgár bútan ǽlcan gylte

    Ælfgar was outlawed without any crime [being proved against him],

    • Chr. 1055
      • ;
    • Erl. 188, 28: 189, 35
      • .

  • Æt ðam forman gylte ðære fiohbóte onfón

    on the first offence to accept pecuniary compensation,

    • L. Alf. 49
      • ;
    • Th. i. 58, 8
      • :
    • L. Alf. pol. 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 66, 12
      • :
    • L. In. 73
      • ;
    • Th. i. 148, 11
      • ;
    • L. Ath. 1, 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 206, 3
      • :
    • L. Edg. S. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 266, 13
      • .

  • Gif he ðǽr gylt gewyrce

    if he there do wrong,

    • L. Ath. 1, 8
      • ;
    • Th. i. 204, 8
      • .

  • Gylt ceápes

    crime in business,

    • Lchdm. iii. 198, 10
      • .

  • Þurh forman gylt

    through the first sin,

    • Cd. 48
      • ;
    • Th. 61, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 998
      • .

  • Forgyf us úre gyltas

    demitte nobis debita nostra,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 12
      • ;
    • Ps. Th. 84, 3
      • .

  • Gyltas

    delicta,

    • Ps. Spl. 18, 13
      • .

  • Geltas,

    • Ps. C. 50, 39
      • ;
    • Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 39
      • .

  • Gieltas,

    • Exon. 62 b
      • ;
    • Th. 229, 26
      • ;
    • Ph. 461
      • .

  • Forgifnesse ealra heora gylta

    forgiveness of all their sins,

    • Blickl. Homl. 193, 24
      • ;
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1631
      • ;
    • El, 817
      • .

  • Gyltum forgiefene

    given up to sins,

    • Exon. 39 a
      • ;
    • Th. 130, 2
      • ;
    • Gú. 432
      • .

  • Forgeaf him ðone gylt

    debitum dimisit ei,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 18, 27, 32
      • .

  • Ealle ða gyltes ða belimpeþ to míne kinehelme

    omnes forisfacturas que pertinent ad regiam coronam meam,

    • Th. Chart. 423, 3
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. A. R. gult
;
Orm. gillt
;
Ayenb. gelt
.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “GYLT.” 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/17725.

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