- gield
- n (-es/-) service, offering, worship, sacrifice; money-payment, tax, tribute, compensation, substitute; 1 guild, brotherhood; idol, god
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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gield- — see gild … Old to modern English dictionary
friðgield — n ( es/ ) peace gild … Old to modern English dictionary
hýþgield — n ( es/ ) harbor festival, sacrifice, or service … Old to modern English dictionary
Geld — 1. Ach, nun fällt mi all mîn klên Geld bî. (Brandenburg.) Ein Ausruf, der häufig erfolgt, wenn jemand durch irgendeinen Umstand an etwas erinnert wird, was er hätte thun sollen, aber bisher zu thun vergessen hat. 2. All wîr1 Geld, dat et Wîf nig… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
Schuld (Zahlungspflicht) — 1. Alle Schulden muss man bezahlen. – Graf, 236, 90. Mhd.: Alle scult mut man wol gelden. (Homeyer, Sachsenspiegel, I, 65.) 2. Allererst die Schulden, dann die Almosen. – Graf, 221, 267. Erst wenn aus dem Nachlass des Verstorbenen die Schulden… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
Geld — Geld, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See {Yield}.] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.] [1913 Webster] Note: This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in danegeld, or danegelt, a tax… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Guild — Guild, n. [OE. gilds, AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, a society or company where payment was made for its charge and support, fr. AS. gildan, gieldan, to pay. See {Yield}, v. t.] 1. An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Orfgild — Orf gild , n. [AS. orf, yrfe, cattle, property + gild, gield, money, fine.] (O. Eng. Law) Restitution for cattle; a penalty for taking away cattle. Cowell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guild — also gild noun Etymology: Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi payment, guild; akin to Old English gield tribute, guild more at geld Date: 14th century 1. an association of people with similar interests or pursuits; especially a medieval… … New Collegiate Dictionary
wergild — or wergeld noun Etymology: Middle English wergeld, from Old English, from wer man + geld, alteration of gield, geld payment, tribute more at geld Date: 13th century the value set in Anglo Saxon and Germanic law upon human life in accordance with… … New Collegiate Dictionary
