Middle English Dictionary Entry
gilten v.(1)
Entry Info
Forms | gilten v.(1) Also gulten, gelten. Forms: p. gilte, gulte, gelte & gilted; ppl. i)gilt, i)gult & gilted & iguilde. |
Etymology | OE gegyltan, p. gegylte. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. agilten.
1.
(a) To commit a misdeed or transgression, do wrong, sin; be guilty of sin or wrong-doing; ppl. gilte, guilty; ppl. as noun: the giltende, the sinner; ~ ayenes, ~ to, ~ toward, sin against (sb.), do wrong to (sb.), offend against (the law); (b) to sin against (sb.), wrong (sb.); (c) to commit (a sin, transgression, misdeed); do (sb. a wrong); ~ to, do (wrong) to (sb.); (d) of sin: to offend, do harm, be evil.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)48/26 : Þridde is þæt mon þam gyltendan styre.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)112/14 : Syðæn heo gylten þurh unhersumnesse, & God heom weorp [etc.].
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3971 : Þatt illke mann..Ne gillteþþ..Ne towarrd Godd, ne towarrd mann.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)91 : We..brokeð godes hese & gulteð [Dgb: gelteð] swa ilome.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)101 : Fro þe time þe adam ure forme fader gilte forte þat ure helende..hem alesde.
- a1250 HMaid.(Tit D.18)41/699 : All swuch as weren, ear ha Gulten, his earste heamen.
- c1300 The milde Lomb (Arun 248)4 : Þe milde Lomb..ne gelte neure nout.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of god (Hrl 913)109 : Man aȝens god so gilt, To heuen non sowle ne miȝte.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)556 : Swete lord, forȝiue þu me, Þat i haue gilt [vrr. trespased, mysdone] aȝeines þe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Job 9.28 : I shamede alle my werkis, witende that thou shuldist not spare to the giltende [L delinquenti; WB(2): the trespassour].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.33.22 : Thei that hateden the riȝtwise shul gilten [L delinquent; WB(2): trespasse].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.365 : God..takeþ wreche of hem þat haveþ i-trespased and i-gulte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.3294 : Him was levere..His oghne bodi forto lese Than se so gret a moerdre wroght Upon the blod which gulteth noght.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)29 : The king mai neithir streyne neithir condempne ony clerk, though he gilte neuere so moche agens the king.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)9479 : Nou es man gilted in eueles all.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)118.67 : Ere i was meked, gilted i [L deliqui].
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)8.151 : Þuse rybaudes..repenten hem sore, Þat euere þei gulte aȝens þe, god.
- c1410 Chaucer CT.Mel.(Hrl 7334)B.3009 : We..haue offendid and giltid..ageins ȝoure heighe lordschipe.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2415 : He þat by word naght gilteþ, is perfit.
- a1450 Spec.Guy (Cmb Dd.11.89)307 fn. : I-guilde [Auch: Þere sholen þeih noht ben agilt].
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)34a : Ȝif eny kniȝt haue gilt oþer trespased aȝen þe lawe..he schulde be ysent to þe tribune of þe legioun.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2430 : Þare as he gilt [Dub: giltyd] me ageyns.
- a1500(?c1414) ?Brampton PPs.(1) (Sln 1853)p.10 : Graunte me grace..Thi lawe to understande..That I nevere gylte aȝens itt.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)55/8 : He..fell to yche crysten-mannys fote þat he had gult to, to aske mercy.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1172 : I na gult him neuer to gif him enchesoun forto wirch me no wrong.
- c1390 RSicily (Vrn)361 : Lord, i haue igult þe sore!
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)167b/a : In þilke Mawmetes Salamon trespasid and giltid [L offendit] his owne god.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)60.658 : Why hast þou thus here now wrowht with goddis peple the Gylted the nowht?
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)384 : We ne gilte noht God, no no gome here.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)419 : Forgyue vs owre trespas As we done hem þat gult vs has.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)1377 : Lord, As I ne haue gilte no wyght.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6 : Þatt gillt Þatt Adam haffde gilltedd, Þurrh þatt he Godess bodeword Forrlet.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17543 : I þa fowwre shafftess niss..ne lif ne sawle Þatt mihhte gilltenn aniȝ gillt.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3285 : Þat were wrong, þat y schold here mi deþ afong For þing þat ich haue gilt non.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3250 : What hastow gilt, ouþer do greuaunce To þi goddis?
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.68 : What haue I gilt? What wrong haue I the done?
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)24469 : Who that drynketh of this mylk..foryeveth..ech offence and trespace that men ha gilt hym.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.26 : Quhat have I gilt to faille My fredome in this warld?
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.38 : Quhat have I gilt to him or doon offens, That I am thrall?
d
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)30/509 : Þis is sunne &..gulteð o twa half: wreaðest þen al wealdent..& dest woh to þe seolf.