gilden

Middle English

/ˈɡiːldən/

adj
Definitions
  • Formed from gold.
  • Covered or decorated with gold.
  • Golden in colour.
  • figurative Having great wealth; rich.
  • figurative Glorious, worthy of honour; blessed, happy.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English gylden (golden) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (golden, made of gold).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*gulþīnaz

Gloss

golden, made of gold

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