eldertongue

Old English · noun

gield

Normalised ġield

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ji͜yld/
[ji͜yɫd]
Syllables
ji͜yld (1 syllable)
Modern English
paymentgeldyieldpayguildcostpagan

Meaning

  1. payment, pay

  2. tax

  3. tribute

  4. cost, loss

  5. guild

  6. pagan god, idol

  7. worship, especially to an idol or pagan god

  8. sacrifice (religious offering)

Declension

Declension of gield
SingularPlural
Nominative ġieldġield
Accusative ġieldġield
Genitive ġieldesġielda
Dative ġieldeġieldum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *geldą. Cognate with Old Frisian jeld, Old Saxon geld, Old High German gelt, Old Norse gjald, and Gothic (gild).

Descendants

geld, yield

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gield · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution