Participles
| Present | ġieldende |
| Past | (ġe)golden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġielde |
| 2nd sing. | ġielst; ġieltst |
| 3rd sing. | ġielt |
| 1st plur. | ġieldaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġieldaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġieldaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġeald |
| 2nd sing. | gulde |
| 3rd sing. | ġeald |
| 1st plur. | guldon |
| 2nd plur. | guldon |
| 3rd plur. | guldon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġielde |
| 2nd sing. | ġielde |
| 3rd sing. | ġielde |
| 1st plur. | ġielden |
| 2nd plur. | ġielden |
| 3rd plur. | ġielden |
Past
| 1st sing. | gulde |
| 2nd sing. | gulde |
| 3rd sing. | gulde |
| 1st plur. | gulden |
| 2nd plur. | gulden |
| 3rd plur. | gulden |
Imperative
| Singular | ġield |
| Plural | ġieldaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'gieldan'
gieldan,
Verbs similar to 'gieldan'
bieldan,
geldan,
giellan,
gielpan,
hieldan,
ieldan,
wieldan,
bielcan,
diedan,
fiellan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną. Cognate with Old Frisian jelda, Old Saxon geldan, Old High German geltan, Old Norse gjalda, Gothic *𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽 (*gildan). See: Proto-Germanic '
*geldaną', Old Saxon '
geldan', Old High German 'geltan'.
Sample Sentences
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Laws of King Ine
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Ðonne mon bēam on wuda forbǣrne, ⁊ weorðe yppe on þone ðe hit dȳde, ġielde hē fulwīte: ġeselle LX sċill., forþamþe fȳr bið þēof. (If a man burns up a tree in a forest, and it becomes known who did it, he shall pay a full fine: he shall pay sixty shillings, for fire is a thief.)
Cognates
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