gild

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɪld/ Rhymes: -ɪld Homophones: gilled, guild === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== 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. Hypernym: gold (transitive) To adorn. (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance. Hypernym: gold (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to. (transitive) To give a brilliant colour or flush to one's face; (also) to make appear drunk. ===== Usage notes ===== The weak or regular form "gilded" is more commonly used in print than "gilt". ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gild (plural gilds) Archaic spelling of guild. === See also === gild on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === DILG, glid == Gothic == === Romanization === gild romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 == Irish == === Etymology === From English guild. === Noun === gild m (genitive singular gild, nominative plural gildeanna) (historical) guild Synonym: cuallacht ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gild”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN “guild”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “gild”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm == Middle Scots == === Alternative forms === gyld === Etymology === Of unknown origin. Possibly from Old Norse galdr (“charm, spell”), from Proto-Germanic *galdraz (“song, singing”). Compare with Ulster Irish goldar (“roar, loud noise”). === Noun === gild noise; clamour [from c. 1500] === Further reading === “Gild, Gyld, n.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse gildr, from Proto-Germanic *gildiz. Cognates include Icelandic gildur and Scots yauld. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɪlː/ === Adjective === gild (neuter gildt, definite singular and plural gilde, comparative gildare, indefinite superlative gildast, definite superlative gildaste) (also law) valid Antonym: ugild nice, healthy, rich, capable kind, good enjoyable happy proud ==== Derived terms ==== gilda (verb) ==== Related terms ==== gilde n gjelda === References === “gild” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jild/, [jiɫd] Rhymes: -ild === Noun === ġild n alternative form of ġield ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: == Old Norse == === Adjective === gild strong feminine nominative singular of gildr strong neuter nominative plural of gildr strong neuter accusative plural of gildr