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geld·ing

   [gel-ding]
noun
1.
a castrated male animal, especially a horse.
2.
a eunuch.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse geldingr. See geld1, -ing3

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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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gelding (ˈɡɛldɪŋ)
 
—n
a castrated male horse
 
[C14: from Old Norse geldingr; see geld1, -ing1]

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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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