Reconstruction:Old English/gilde

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gildiz, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *geldą (“payment, reward”) (see Old English ġeld) or to Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”) (see Old English ġeldan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjil.de/, [ˈjiɫ.de]

Adjective

*ġilde

  1. valuable, precious
  2. wholesome, healthy, stout, great

Declension

Declension of ġilde — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġilde ġildu, ġildo ġilde
Accusative ġildne ġilde ġilde
Genitive ġildes ġildre ġildes
Dative ġildum ġildre ġildum
Instrumental ġilde ġildre ġilde
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġilde ġilda, ġilde ġildu, ġildo
Accusative ġilde ġilda, ġilde ġildu, ġildo
Genitive ġildra ġildra ġildra
Dative ġildum ġildum ġildum
Instrumental ġildum ġildum ġildum
Declension of ġilde — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġilda ġilde ġilde
Accusative ġildan ġildan ġilde
Genitive ġildan ġildan ġildan
Dative ġildan ġildan ġildan
Instrumental ġildan ġildan ġildan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ġildan ġildan ġildan
Accusative ġildan ġildan ġildan
Genitive ġildra, ġildena ġildra, ġildena ġildra, ġildena
Dative ġildum ġildum ġildum
Instrumental ġildum ġildum ġildum

Descendants

  • Middle English: *yeld, *yald
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.