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GELD'S

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geld

2  [geld]
–noun English History.
1. a payment; tax.
2. a tax paid to the crown by landholders under the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.
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Origin:
1600–10; < ML geldum payment, tribute < Gmc; cf. OE geld, G Geld
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geld 2   (gěld)   
n.  A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.

[Middle English geld and Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, gield, payment.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

geld  (v.)
"to castrate," c.1300, from O.N. gelda "castrate," from geldr "barren," from P.Gmc. *galdu- (cf. O.H.G. galt "barren," said of a cow). The noun gelding (1296) is from O.N. geldingr.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: geld
Pronunciation: 'geld
Function: transitive verb
: CASTRATE 1;also : SPAY
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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