eldertongue

Old English · verb

gieldan

Normalised ġieldan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈji͜yl.dɑn/
[ˈji͜yɫ.dɑn]
Syllables
ˈji͜yl · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
yieldpay

Meaning

  1. to pay

    Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof.

    If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.

    Laws of King Ine

  2. to reward

  3. to worship (+ dative)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gieldan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġieldeġeald
2nd singular ġielstġieltstgulde
3rd singular ġieltġeald
Plural ġieldaþguldon
Subjunctive
Singular ġieldegulde
Plural ġieldengulden
Non-finite forms of gieldan
Form
Infinitive ġieldan
Inflected infinitive ġieldenne
Imperative singular ġield
Imperative plural ġieldaþ
Present participle ġieldende
Past participle goldenġegolden

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną. Cognate with Old Frisian jelda, Old Saxon geldan, Old High German geltan, Old Norse gjalda, Gothic * (*gildan).

Descendants

yield

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