Middle English Dictionary Entry
gilten adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | gilten adj. |
| Etymology | Blend of gilt(e, p. ppl. & gī̆lden adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Overlaid or decorated with gold, gilded.
Associated quotations
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1098 : Many lay stekede vndir stedis, In gilten gere full gaye.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3456 : Þai gone agraythen vp þaire gods on gilten seges.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4451 : Graffis garnyscht of gold & gilten tombis.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)4216 : The hermyte..held hir by the gylten reyne.
- c1450 Siege Jerus.(1) (Add 31042)546 : Gilten [Ld: Alle briȝtned þe bent..Of þe gilden ger].
- c1450 Siege Jerus.(1) (Add 31042)558 : Gyltyn [Ld: For-schorne gild schroud].