gilstr—*giiman.
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		dat.; I Thess. 5, 15; w. dat. of pers. and a follg. bi w. dat.; II Tim. 4, 14. \_Cf. O. E. peldaii, ^eldan, to pay, requite, Mdl. E. 3êlde, Mdn. E. yield, O. N. gjalda, to pay, O. S. geldan, O. H. G. geltan, M. H. G. golten, to pay back, pay, cost, be worth, recompense, N. H. G. gelten, to be worth, be valid, etc., ver-gelten, to requite, recompense, etc. Comp. gild, gilstr.] gilstr, 12. (75, 12. 1), tribute; Rom. 13, 6. — From Germanic stem *gelstra(st from dt), from root o/*gildan (q. v.) and suff. -tra. Comp. follg. w. gilstra-mêleins, f., an enrolment for taxation; Lu. 2, 2.—From stem of gilstr and mêleins, q. v. giljm, f., sickle; Mk. 4, 29. [Perhaps allied to O. N. gelda, to castrate, whence Mdl. E. gelde, Mdn. E. geld; comp. O. E. gelde, Mdl. E. geld, O. H. G. M. H. G. gait, N. H. G. gelt, adj., dry, not giving milk, barren; and O. N. gôltr, O. H. G. gelza (galza), M. II. G. gelze (galze), N. H. G. gelze, f., a castrated pig. Der. Mdl. E. geldere, Mdn. E. gelder; and Mdl E. Mdn. E. gelding.] *ginnan, st. v., to begin, in du-g., to begin, undertake. Always folld. by the inf.; Mt. 11, 7. Mk. 2, 23. Lu. 3, 8. II Cor. 3, 1. 8, 10. For the Gr. future; Lu. 6, 25. Phil. 1, 18. [(T. O. E. bo-, oii-giimaii (For be-, H.
					bi, for on, s. ana), Mdl. E. ginne, be-, on-, ginne, Mdn. E. gin (obs.), begin, O. H. G. in-ginnan (For in-, s. in), to open by cutting, to open, begin, bi-ginnaii (For bi-, s. bi), to beg-in, M. H. G. beginnen, to begin, open by cutting, open, N. H. G. beginnen, to begin. The original meaning of the Germanic ginnan was most probably (to open by cutting' (especially a, victim), 'to open'; for the meaning, 'to begin', comp. Mdn. E. to open, G. er-ôfmen, Fr. entamer, to begin. The word seems to be allied to O. E. gînan, O. N. gînaii, to gape, be open; comp. O. N. gin, n.,jaws. From root gi (the n- being a formative suffix, of the pres. tense), pre-Germanic ghi in Lt. hiare (Lt. h for Germanic g; s. gasts), hiscere, to open, gape, yawn, pret. partic. hiatus, whence Mdn. E. hiatus, N. H. G. hiatus, 122., an opening, a gap; in Gr. xflí* (for x81?**?), hole, den, xaí-veiv> to gape, from stem *xa~> whence also X<xo$, latinized chaos, the boundless, empty space, and X<xffjAoe, a yawning cleft, latin-izec? chasma, an opening of the earth, abyss, whence respectively Mdn. E. chaos, N. H. G. chaos, 12., and Mdn. E. chasm. Fui'ther cognates are O. E. ginian, O. H. G. ginên, M. H. G. ginoîi, genen, N. H. G. gahnen (a/bi'o), to yawn; and O. E.