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[geld] Pronunciation Key
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[geld] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), geld·ed or gelt, geld·ing.
| 1. | to castrate (an animal, esp. a horse). |
| 2. | to take strength, vitality, or power from; weaken or subdue. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME gelden < ON gelda]
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gelder, noun
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[geld] Pronunciation Key
[geld] Pronunciation Key –noun English History.
| 1. | a payment; tax. |
| 2. | a tax paid to the crown by landholders under the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings. |
[Origin: 1600–10; < ML geldum payment, tribute < Gmc; cf. OE geld, G Geld]
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| geld 1
(gěld) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. geld·ed or gelt (gělt), geld·ing, gelds
[Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.] |
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| geld 2
(gěld) Pronunciation Key
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.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
geld (n.)
geld (n.)
"royal tax in Medieval England," O.E. gield "payment, tribute" (cf. M.H.G. gelt "payment, contribution," Ger. geld "money," O.N. gjald "payment," Goth. gild "tribute, tax"), from PIE base of yield (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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geld (v.)
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.
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| geld | |
verb | |
| cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" |
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Geld
Geld\, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.] Note: This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in danegeld, or danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, etc.
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Geld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g["a]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]1. To castrate; to emasculate. 2. To deprive of anything essential. Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak. 3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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