goldsmiþ

Old English

Alternative forms

goldsmið — edh spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz. Cognate with Old Frisian goldsmith, Old Saxon goldsmith, Old Dutch goltsmith, Old High German goldsmid, Old Norse gullsmiðr. Equivalent to gold +‎ smiþ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡoldˌsmiθ/, [ˈɡoɫdˌsmiθ]

Noun

goldsmiþ m

goldsmith

Declension

Declension of goldsmiþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	goldsmiþ	goldsmiþas
accusative	goldsmiþ	goldsmiþas
genitive	goldsmiþes	goldsmiþa
dative	goldsmiþe	goldsmiþum

Descendants

Middle English: goldsmith
- Scots: goldsmyth, gouldsmeth
- English: goldsmith

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “goldsmiþ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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