Etymograph

English

guild

Guild comes from Old Norse gildi ‘payment, guild’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350gildi‘payment, guild’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gilde
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2003guild

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350gildi‘payment, guild’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gilde
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2003guild

Earliest quotation: 2003, Guild of Mute Assassins: “The swinging of its censers, the silence of its…”

Every English word from Old Norse gildi

Today it means

noun A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Norse gildi / guild

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