gylden

gylden (plural gyldens)

1. (historical) A kind of gold coin.

• IPA^(key): /ɡylən/, [ˈɡ̊ylˀən]

From Dutch gulden.

gylden c (singular definite gyldenen, plural indefinite gylden)

1. gulden, guilder (former currency unit in the Netherlands), symbol G or fl.
2. (historic) gold florin

From Old Norse gullinn (“golden”), from gull (“gold”).

gylden (neuter gyldent, plural and definite singular attributive gyldne)

1. golden
2. golden, having a rich yellow color

• Gyldenløve (see Gyldenløve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ; Gyldenløve on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da)

gylden

1. alternative form of gilden

gylden m (plural gyldenen)

1. (historical) gold coin in German states
2. guilder (pre-Euro currency in the Netherlands), symbol fl.

• “gylden” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, equivalent to gold +‎ -en. Cognate with Old Frisian gelden, Old Saxon guldin, Old High German guldīn, Old Norse gullinn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡyl.den/, [ˈɡyɫ.den]

gylden

1. golden, (relational) gold
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans

     Be þām hringum man meahte witan hwæt Rōmāna duguþe ġefeallen wæs, for þon þe hit wæs þēaw mid him on þām dagum þæt nān ōðer ne mōste gyldenne hring werian būtan hē æðeles cynnes wǣre.

     You could tell by the rings how much of the Roman nobility had fallen, because the custom back then was that no one could wear a gold ring unless they were from a noble family.

• To convey the sense "made of [material]," Old English typically uses adjectives like gylden, seolfren, and triewen instead of compounds. Thus wool socks are wyllene soccas, not *wulsoccas; an oak table is ǣċen bēod, not *ācbēod; a dirt floor is ierþenu flōr, not *eorþflōr; etc. There are however a few exceptions, such as stānweall (“stone wall”).

• ælgylden
• gyldenfeaxa

• Middle English: gilden, gulden, gylden
  • English: gilden (archaic), golden (after gold)