gield

See also: giełd

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġild, ġyld, ġeld

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *geldą. Cognate with Old Frisian jeld, Old Saxon geld, Old High German gelt, Old Norse gjald, and Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji͜yld/, [ji͜yɫd]
• Rhymes: -i͜yld

Noun

ġield n

1. payment, pay
2. tax
3. tribute
4. cost, loss
5. guild
6. pagan god, idol
7. worship, especially to an idol or pagan god
8. sacrifice (religious offering)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġield	ġield
accusative	ġield	ġield
genitive	ġieldes	ġielda
dative	ġielde	ġieldum

Derived terms

• æfterġield (“after-payment”)
• āngield (“single payment”)
• dēofolġield (“devil worship, idolatry”)
• edġield (“repayment”)
• fēondġield (“idolatry, an idol”)
• friþġield (“society for the maintenance of peace and security”)
• frumġield (“first payment”)
• ġieldan (“to pay”)
• ġielddæġ (“day for a religious ceremony”)
• godġield (“idol”)
• hǣþenġield (“idolatry”)
• nīedġield (“extortion”)
• þēofġield (“fine for stealing”)
• unġield (“improper or excessive tax”)
• werġield (“compensation for a man killed”)

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝeld
  • English: geld, yield
  • Scots: ȝeld, ȝeild
• → Medieval Latin: geldum, gildum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ġild”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.