Gilda
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gilda
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- gilda
- Add: I. one who pays. Cf. gildan; I. la. one who receives pay. v. hȳre-, mēd-gilda. II. one who does worship, sacrifice, &c. Cf. gildan; IV. v. deófol-, hǣpen-gilda. III. a member of a guild :-- Gif hwylcum gyldan þearf sī his gefērena fultumes, and hit gecȳd wyrþe þæs gildan nīhtstan gefēran, būtun se gilda sylf neáh sī. . . . Gif hwā gyldan ofstleá . . . wrece eal gildscipe þone gildan. . . . Gif ǣnig gilda hwilcne man ofstleá. Cht. Th. 611, 11-28. Þæs ofslegenan gegildan (gyldan, v. l.) the slain man's guild-brothers. Ll. Th. i. 116, 6: 112, 8. v. un-gilda. gilda