"gieldan" meaning in Old English

See gieldan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈji͜yl.dɑn/, [ˈji͜yɫ.dɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną. Cognate with Old Frisian jelda, Old Saxon geldan, Old High German geltan, Old Norse gjalda, Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*gildan). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*geldan}} Proto-West Germanic *geldan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*geldaną}} Proto-Germanic *geldaną, {{cog|ofs|jelda}} Old Frisian jelda, {{cog|osx|geldan}} Old Saxon geldan, {{cog|goh|geltan}} Old High German geltan, {{cog|non|gjalda}} Old Norse gjalda, {{cog|got|*𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽}} Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*gildan) Head templates: {{ang-verb|ġieldan}} ġieldan, {{tlb|ang|Early West Saxon}} (Early West Saxon) Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|ġieldan<s3>}} Forms: ġieldan [canonical], strong [table-tags], ġieldan [infinitive], ġieldenne [infinitive], ġielde [first-person, present, singular], ġeald [first-person, past, singular], ġielst [present, second-person, singular], ġieltst [present, second-person, singular], gulde [past, second-person, singular], ġielt [present, singular, third-person], ġeald [past, singular, third-person], ġieldaþ [plural, present], guldon [past, plural], ġielde [present, singular], gulde [past, singular], ġielden [plural, present], gulden [past, plural], ġield [imperative, past, present, singular], ġieldaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], ġieldende [imperative, present], golden [imperative, past], ġegolden [imperative, past], ġildan [alternative], ġyldan [alternative], ġeldan [alternative]
  1. to pay Tags: Early, West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-gieldan-ang-verb-E7of3YFU
  2. to reward Tags: Early, West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-gieldan-ang-verb-UjPj24Qs
  3. to worship (+ dative) Tags: Early, West-Saxon
    Sense id: en-gieldan-ang-verb-1F4oLJHz Categories (other): Early West Saxon Old English, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Early West Saxon Old English: 14 18 68 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 13 18 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 30 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 20 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forġieldan, ġielda
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "forġieldan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġielda"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "yelden",
            "3": "yielden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: yelden, yielden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: yelden, yielden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "yield"
          },
          "expansion": "English: yield",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: yield"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "ȝeld",
            "3": "yeild",
            "4": "yield"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: ȝeld, yeild, yield",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: ȝeld, yeild, yield"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*geldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *geldan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*geldaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *geldaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "jelda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian jelda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "geldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon geldan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "geltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German geltan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gjalda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gjalda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "*𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*gildan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną. Cognate with Old Frisian jelda, Old Saxon geldan, Old High German geltan, Old Norse gjalda, Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*gildan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ġieldan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieltst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gulde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guldon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gulde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gulden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġield",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġegolden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġildan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġyldan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeldan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġieldan"
      },
      "expansion": "ġieldan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "Early West Saxon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Early West Saxon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġieldan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.",
          "text": "Laws of King Ine\nÐonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay"
      ],
      "id": "en-gieldan-ang-verb-E7of3YFU",
      "links": [
        [
          "pay",
          "pay"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Early",
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reward"
      ],
      "id": "en-gieldan-ang-verb-UjPj24Qs",
      "links": [
        [
          "reward",
          "reward"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Early",
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 18 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Early West Saxon Old English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 18 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 30 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 20 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to worship (+ dative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gieldan-ang-verb-1F4oLJHz",
      "links": [
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Early",
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈji͜yl.dɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈji͜yɫ.dɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gieldan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Early West Saxon Old English",
    "Old English class 3 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "forġieldan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġielda"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "yelden",
            "3": "yielden"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: yelden, yielden",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: yelden, yielden"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "yield"
          },
          "expansion": "English: yield",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: yield"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "ȝeld",
            "3": "yeild",
            "4": "yield"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: ȝeld, yeild, yield",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: ȝeld, yeild, yield"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*geldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *geldan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*geldaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *geldaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "jelda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian jelda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "geldan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon geldan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "geltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German geltan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gjalda"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gjalda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "*𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*gildan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną. Cognate with Old Frisian jelda, Old Saxon geldan, Old High German geltan, Old Norse gjalda, Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*gildan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ġieldan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieltst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gulde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "guldon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gulde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġielden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gulden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġield",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġieldende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "golden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġegolden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġildan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġyldan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeldan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġieldan"
      },
      "expansion": "ġieldan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "Early West Saxon"
      },
      "expansion": "(Early West Saxon)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġieldan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.",
          "text": "Laws of King Ine\nÐonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pay",
          "pay"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Early",
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reward"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reward",
          "reward"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Early",
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to worship (+ dative)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Early",
        "West-Saxon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈji͜yl.dɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈji͜yɫ.dɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gieldan"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.