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gield

Pronunciation: /ji͜yld/

“gield” is an Old English word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. payment, pay
  2. tax
  3. tribute
  4. cost, loss
  5. guild
  6. pagan god, idol
  7. worship, especially to an idol or pagan god
  8. sacrifice (religious offering)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *geldą. Cognate with Old Frisian jeld, Old Saxon geld, Old High German gelt, Old Norse gjald, and Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild).

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