Geldan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Geldan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ic gelde, ðú geltst, gelst, he gelt, Related words: gildan. geldan

Definitions

1 geldan

pl. geldaþ; p. geald, pl. guldon; pp. golden To pay, restore, render, make an offering, serve, worship :-- Geld ðæt ðú áht to geldanne redde quod debes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 28 : Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 22, note 27 : L. Wih. 12; Th, i. 40, 4, 6 : L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 32, 2.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖᛚᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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