gowd

== Scots == === Alternative forms === goold === Etymology === From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʌud/ === Noun === gowd gold; wealth Robert Burns The man's the gowd for a' that. === Adjective === gowd (comparative mair gowd, superlative maist gowd) gold