Middle English Dictionary Entry
gilten v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | gilten v.(2) Also gilt. P.ppl. i)gilted. |
| Etymology | From gilt(e , p.ppl. of gilden v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To overlay (sth.) with gold, gild; (b) to decorate (sth.) with gold.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.25.11 : Thow shalt gilte [L deaurabis; WB(2): ouergilde] it with moost clene gold withynne and with-oute.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.36.34 : Thilk tablid thingis he giltide [L deauravit; WB(2): ouergildide].
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)283/8 : He commawndid at oppyn þies kystis at war giltid.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxxxv : Þei weren riche perles, wiþ croosses..borne before hem wiþ siluer wel i-gilted.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)55a : To Gylt [Monson: Gilte]: Aurare, deaurare, Crisare suberare.
- a1500(a1470) Brut-1461(1) (Add 10099)518/8 : He toke Sir Humfrey Salett & his brigantines smytten ful of gylted nayles & also his gilted sporres.
b
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)44.15 : Doghtres of Kinges..In gliterand gilted hemminges.
- c1450 Myght wisdom (Add 31042)45 : Silke thredys twynede, gilted..to þam [thy brows] may likenede bee.
- (1471) Will York in Sur.Soc.45193 : j rede girdyll gylted to my suster Eland.
2.
(a) To tinge (sth.) with a golden color; (b) to make (metal) gold-colored; (c) alch. to imbue (wine or alcohol) with the properties of gold.
Associated quotations
a
- a1450 Lydg.ST (Add 18632)2300 : Gilted [Ar: Phebus..casting vp his bemes, The hegh hylles gilte with his stremes].
b
- ?a1400 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.606 : For to make fyn water to gilt withal..it schal be yelow os gold..To giltyn yren or coper, Make yt bryt, after tak the galle of a calfe..and so it is gilt well inow.
- c1500 Recipe MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)425 : For to gylt. Tak and mak bryght thi yrene or thi coper, and tak the galle of a bulle [etc.].
c
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)7/4,11 : Þanne meynge þis brennynge watir, þus giltid, wiþ oure quinte essence..þerfore vse wiyn or brennynge watir giltid, so þat ȝe may be hool, and wexe glad, and be ȝong.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Ashm.750 Artist.Recipes (Ashm 750) 254/9 : Whan ȝe woll kylte, screpit with ȝour knyfe a lityl, and ley apon ȝour gold.
Note: New spelling.