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gold thread

, gold, + golden + thread.
Searchable Lemmata: goldþræed (OE), gylden þræd (OE), gold thred (ME), golden thred (ME), gold thread (MdE), golden thread (MdE).
Alternate Forms: gold threed, goldþrædas, gyldna ðræd.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Textile; fine gold filament or thread made from the precious metal gold (also cf. gold wire); usually gold lamella wrapped round a fibre core.(ante 1050 still in current use)
1. Bratea fila torta aurea fila þa aþrawenan goldþrædas. Gloss. [DOE HlGl (Oliphant) (0301 (B490))]
2. Bratea fila se gyldna ðræd. Gloss. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (0723 (746))]
3. Nettes of gold threed hadde he Poetic. [MED Chaucer CT.Mk. ((Manly-Rickert) B.3665) circa 1375]
4. Hyre gilte heres with a golden thred Ibounden were Poetic. (work: c1380) [MED Chaucer PF ((Benson-Robinson) 267) circa 1430]
5. Golden [Heng: Nettes of gold threed hadde he] Poetic. [MED Chaucer CT.Mk ((Roy 17.D.15) B.3665) circa 1460]
c.f.: fil de or
ME, MdE, OE; Primarily N/A.
Sex: Male, Female, Infant    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Compound of gold + thread. In all periods of English there are parallel formations, consisting either of noun + noun ('gold thread') or adjective + noun ('golden thread').
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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