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geld

1  [geld]
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–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

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
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geld 1   (gěld)   
tr.v.   geld·ed or gelt (gělt), geld·ing, gelds

  1. To castrate (a horse, for example).

  2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.


[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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Word Origin & History

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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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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