gild
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɪld/
Audio (RP) (file) - 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.
- 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.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene vi]:
- I will make fast the doors, and gild myself
With some more ducats, and be with you straight.
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- (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
- 2008, Ivan P. Day, Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (page 98)
- Gild the entire outside with beaten egg yolk, and sprinkle it with grated parmesan.
- 2008, Ivan P. Day, Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (page 98)
- (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 28”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:
- When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.
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- (transitive) To make appear drunk.
Derived terms
- begild
- gilded age
- gilded cage
- gild the lily
- gild the pill
Translations
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Noun
gild (plural gilds)
- Obsolete spelling of guild
- 1920, H. E. Salter, Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie (volume 71, page xxviii)
- No trade gild might be started without the consent of the whole body of hanasters, who would insist that the regulations were not harmful to the burgesses as a whole; […]
- 1920, H. E. Salter, Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie (volume 71, page xxviii)
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
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gild”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “guild” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “gild” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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)
- allgild
- fullgild
- gildskap
- lovgild
- ovgild
- rettsgild
- ugild
Related terms
- gilde n
- gjelda
References
- “gild” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jild/, [jiɫd]
Noun
ġild n
- Alternative form of ġield
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | ġild | ġild |
accusative | ġild | ġild |
genitive | ġildes | ġilda |
dative | ġilde | ġildum |
Old Norse
Adjective
gild
- strong feminine nominative singular of gildr
- strong neuter nominative plural of gildr
- strong neuter accusative plural of gildr