gild
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), 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.
- 1888 May, Oscar Wilde, “The Happy Prince”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales, London: David Nutt, […], OCLC 595167, 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.
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- (transitive) To adorn.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene vi:
- I will make fast the doors, and gild myself / With some more ducats, and be with you straight.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene vi:
- (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:
- When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:
- (transitive) To make appear drunk.
Derived terms
- gilded age
- gilded cage
- gild the lily
- gild the pill
Translations
to cover with a thin layer of gold
to adorn
to make appear drunk
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Etymology 2
Gothic
Irish
Noun
gild m (genitive singular gild, nominative plural gildeanna)
- (historical) guild
- Synonym: cuallacht
Declension
Declension of gild
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gild | ghild | ngild |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "gild" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “guild” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “gild” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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