different between gilden vs gilded

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ld?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilden, gelden, gulden, from Old English gylden, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?naz (“golden”), from *gulþ? (“gold”), equivalent to gold +? -en. Cognate with Dutch gulden, German gülden, Swedish gyllen.

Adjective

gilden (comparative more gilden, superlative most gilden)

1. (obsolete) Golden; made of gold.

Etymology 2

From gild +? -en.

Verb

gilden (third-person singular simple present gildens, present participle gildening, simple past and past participle gildened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become golden or gilded

Anagrams

• Dingle, dingle, elding, engild, ingled

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ld?n

Verb

gilden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of gillen

German

Alternative forms

• gülden

Etymology

From a colloquial merger of various dialectal forms of gelten and the related (obsolete) gülten. Compare for example Alemannic German gülte, gilde, Rhine Franconian gille, Central Franconian jelle, jölde.

Verb

gilden (weak, third-person singular present gildet, past tense gildete, past participle gegildet, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial, chiefly childish) to count; to be valid

Usage notes

• Although this verb is fully conjugable, the 3rd-person singular present gildet is by far the commonest form. It is often used as if it were a form of gelten, thus instead of standard gilt.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• gelten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gylden, gildene, gyldene, gulden, guldene, guylden, guyldene, guildene

Etymology

From Old English gylden, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?naz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?ld?n/, /??ild?n/

Adjective

gilden

1. Formed from gold.
2. Covered or decorated with gold.
3. Golden in colour.
4. (figurative) Having great wealth; rich.
5. (figurative) Glorious, worthy of honour; blessed, happy.

Descendants

• English: gilden; golden (by way of Middle English golden)
• Scots: gilten (obsolete); gowden (by way of Middle English golden)

See also

• golden

References

• “g??lden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ld?d/

Verb

gilded

1. simple past tense and past participle of gild

Adjective

gilded

1. Having the color or quality of gold.
2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
3. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
   • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 7

     All that glisters is not gold;

     Often have you heard that told:

     Many a man his life hath sold

     But my outside to behold:

     Gilded tombs do worms infold.

     Had you been as wise as bold,

     Young in limbs, in judgement old,

     Your answer had not been inscroll'd:

     Fare you well; your suit is cold.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• glided