gieldan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Cognate with Old Frisian jelda (West Frisian jilde), Old Saxon geldan, Middle Dutch ghelden (Dutch gelden), Old High German geltan (German gelten), Old Norse gjalda (Danish gælde, Swedish gälla, Norwegian gjelde), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (gildan), 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usgildan), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (fragildan).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjiyldɑn/

Verb

ġieldan

  1. to pay; to give something in payment or as due; to yield
  2. to repay, to pay back, to restore
  3. to requite; to reward

Conjugation
Conjugation of ġieldan (strong class 3)
infinitive ġieldan tō ġieldenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular ġielde ġeald
2nd-person singular ġieldest gulde
3rd-person singular ġieldeþ ġeald
plural ġieldaþ guldon
subjunctive present past
singular ġielde gulde
plural ġielden gulden
imperative
singular ġield
plural ġieldaþ
participle present past
ġieldende (ġe)golden

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: yielden, yelden
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