gylden
English edit
Noun edit
gylden (plural gyldens)
- (historical) A kind of gold coin.
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From gulden (“guilder, gulden”), equivalent to guld + -en.
Noun edit
gylden c (singular definite gyldenen, plural indefinite gylden)
Inflection edit
Declension of gylden
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gylden | gyldenen | gylden | gyldenene gyldenerne |
| genitive | gyldens | gyldenens | gyldens | gyldenenes gyldenernes |
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse gullinn (“golden”), from gull (“gold”).
Adjective edit
gylden
Inflection edit
| Inflection of gylden | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | gylden | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | gyldent | — | —2 |
| Plural | gyldne | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | gyldne | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Derived terms edit
- Gyldenløve (see
Gyldenløve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ; Gyldenløve on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da)
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
gylden
- Alternative form of gilden
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
gylden m (plural gyldenen)
References edit
- “gylden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Old Frisian gelden, Old Saxon guldin, Old High German guldīn, Old Norse gullinn.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gylden
- golden, (relational) gold
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
- Be þām hringum man meahte witan hwæt Rōmāna duguþe ġefeallen wæs, for þon þe hit wæs þēaw mid him on þām dagum þæt nān ōðer ne mōste gyldenne hring werian būtan hē æðeles cynnes wǣre.
- You could tell by the rings how much of the Roman nobility had fallen, because the custom back then was that no one could wear a gold ring unless they were from a noble family.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
Usage notes edit
- To convey the sense "made of [material]," Old English typically uses adjectives like gylden, seolfren, and triewen instead of compounds. Thus wool socks are wyllene soccas, not *wulsoccas; an oak table is ǣċen bēod, not *ācbēod; a dirt floor is ierþenu flōr, not *eorþflōr; etc. There are however a few exceptions, such as stānweall (“stone wall”).
Declension edit
Declension of gylden — Strong
Declension of gylden — Weak