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geld
1[ geld ]
verb (used with object)
, geld·ed or gelt, geld·ing.
- to castrate (an animal, especially a horse).
- to take strength, vitality, or power from; weaken or subdue.
geld
2[ geld ]
noun
, English History.
- a payment; tax.
- a tax paid to the crown by landholders under the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.
geld
1/ ɡɛld /
verb
- to castrate (a horse or other animal)
- to deprive of virility or vitality; emasculate; weaken
geld
2/ ɡɛld /
noun
- a tax on land levied in late Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
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Derived Forms
- ˈgelder, noun
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Other Words From
- gelder noun
- un·gelded adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of geld1
1250–1300; Middle English gelden < Old Norse gelda
Origin of geld2
1600–10; < Medieval Latin geldum payment, tribute < Germanic; compare Old English geld, German Geld
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Word History and Origins
Origin of geld1
C13: from Old Norse gelda, from geldr barren
Origin of geld2
Old English gield service, tax; related to Old Norse gjald tribute, Old Frisian jeld, Old High German gelt retribution, income
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Example Sentences
By 1086 the number of houses had decreased to 100, and of these 20 were in such a wretched condition that they could not pay geld.
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One-third of the geld was paid to Geoffrey de Coutances, bishop of Exeter, who threw up the earthworks of the castle.
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Well, she's heir of all this isle (for I will geld monster).
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Come, knave, it were a good deed to geld thee, by Cock's bones!
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One great purpose seems to mould both its form and its substance; it is a geld-book.
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