gieldan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to pay; to give something in payment or as due; to yield
- to repay, to pay back, to restore
- to requite; to reward
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (pay, compensate, yield, have give value, have value) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (pay, repay, pay for).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰeldʰ-
Gloss
pay, repay, pay for
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
払
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- entgelten German
- gelten German
- vergelten German
- gelden Dutch, Flemish
- geldig Dutch, Flemish
- ontgelden Dutch, Flemish
- vergelden Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰeldʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- gjelde Norwegian Bokmål
- *geldaną Proto-Germanic
- *geldą Proto-Germanic
- *gildiz Proto-Germanic
- *guldanaz Proto-Germanic
- gälla Swedish
- gjelda Norwegian Nynorsk
- geldan Old English
- ġieldan Old English
- gjalda Old Norse
- gælde Danish
- undgælde Danish
- *želsti Proto-Slavic
- gjalda Icelandic
- xolda Galician
- gelden Middle Dutch
- geltan Old High German
- gjalda Faroese
- gelten Middle High German
- gülte Middle High German
- *geldan gmw-pro
- *geldan Old Dutch
- *gilda Old Dutch
- *geldom Proto-Celtic
- ageldan Old Saxon
- andgeldan Old Saxon
- geldan Old Saxon
- giælda Old Swedish
- gääll Westrobothnian
- jilde Western Frisian
- ielda Old Frisian
- jelda Old Frisian
- gellen Low German
- gialdæ Old Danish