gild
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”).
Verb edit
gild (third-person singular simple present gilds, present participle gilding, simple past and past participle gilded or gilt)
- (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
- 1888 May, Oscar Wilde, “The Happy Prince”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales, London: David Nutt, […], →OCLC, page 1:
- High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
- (transitive) To adorn.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:
- I will make fast the doors, and gild myself
With some more ducats, and be with you straight.
- (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
- 2008, Ivan P. Day, Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850, page 98:
- Gild the entire outside with beaten egg yolk, and sprinkle it with grated parmesan.
- (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 28”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.
- (transitive) To make appear drunk.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to cover with a thin layer of gold
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to adorn
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to make appear drunk
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gild (plural gilds)
- Obsolete spelling of guild
- 1920, H. E. Salter, Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie, volume 71, page xxviii:
- No trade gild might be started without the consent of the whole body of hanasters, who would insist that the regulations were not harmful to the burgesses as a whole; […]
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Anagrams edit
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
gild
- Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gild m (genitive singular gild, nominative plural gildeanna)
- (historical) guild
- Synonym: cuallacht
Declension edit
Declension of gild
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
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gild | ghild | ngild |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gild”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “guild”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Entries containing “gild” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gildr, from Proto-Germanic *gildiz. Cognates include Icelandic gildur and Scots yauld.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gild (neuter gildt, definite singular and plural gilde, comparative gildare, indefinite superlative gildast, definite superlative gildaste)
Derived terms edit
- gilda (verb)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “gild” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ġild n
- Alternative form of ġield
Declension edit
Old Norse edit
Adjective edit
gild