gowd

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Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (gold), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (gold), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (gold), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (yellow; gleam; to shine).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gowd

  1. gold; wealth
    • Robert Burns
      The man's the gowd for a' that.

Adjective

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gowd (comparative mair gowd, superlative maist gowd)

  1. gold