verb
a simple past tense and past participle of geld1.
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geld1 (ɡɛld) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , gelds, gelding, gelded, gelt | |
| 1. | to castrate (a horse or other animal) |
| 2. | to deprive of virility or vitality; emasculate; weaken |
| [C13: from Old Norse gelda, from geldr barren] | |
| 'gelder1 | |
| —n | |
| geld2 (ɡɛld) | |
| —n | |
| a tax on land levied in late Anglo-Saxon and Norman England | |
| [Old English gield service, tax; related to Old Norse gjald tribute, Old Frisian jeld, Old High German gelt retribution, income] | |
| 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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Word Origin & History
geld
"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
"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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