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gelt

1   [gelt]
verb
a simple past tense and past participle of geld1.
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gelt

2   [gelt]
noun Slang.
money.
Origin:
1890–95; < Yiddish < Middle High German geld money; in earlier British dial. uses < German or Dutch; see geld2

geld

1   [geld]
verb (used with object), geld·ed or gelt, geld·ing.
1.
to castrate (an animal, especially a horse).
2.
to take strength, vitality, or power from; weaken or subdue.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English gelden < Old Norse gelda

Related forms
geld·er, noun
un·geld·ed, adjective
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gelt1 (ɡɛlt)
 
—vb
archaic, dialect or a past tense and past participle of geld

gelt2 (ɡɛlt)
 
—n
slang chiefly (US) cash or funds; money
 
[C19: from Yiddish, from Old High German gelt reward]

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geld
"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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