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[geld] 
–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
1250–1300; ME gelden < ON gelda
Related forms:
gelder, noun
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. |
Origin:
1600–10; < ML geldum payment, tribute < Gmc; cf. OE geld, G Geld
1600–10; < ML geldum payment, tribute < Gmc; cf. OE geld, G Geld
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| geld 1 (gěld) tr.v. geld·ed or gelt (gělt), geld·ing, gelds
[Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.] |
| 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.] |
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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.Geld
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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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.).
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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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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