gilden
Middle English
/ˈɡiːldən/
adj
Definitions
- Formed from gold.
- Covered or decorated with gold.
- Golden in colour.
- figurative Having great wealth; rich.
- figurative Glorious, worthy of honour; blessed, happy.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English gylden (golden) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (golden, made of gold).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gulþīnaz
Gloss
golden, made of gold
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begild English
- engild English
- gild English
- gildable English
- gilden English
- gilder English
- gildest English
- gildeth English
- gold English
- overgild English
- regild English
- ungild English
- *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gulþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *gulþīnaz Proto-Germanic
- gold Old English
- gyldan Old English
- gylden Old English
- gulden Middle English
- gullinn Old Norse
- guldīn Old High German
- 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *guldīn Old Dutch