geld

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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 of geld

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1250–1300; Middle English gelden<Old Norse gelda

Other words from geld

  • gelder, noun
  • un·geld·ed, adjective

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Other definitions for geld (2 of 2)

geld2
[ geld ]

nounEnglish History.
  1. a payment; tax.

  2. a tax paid to the crown by landholders under the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.

Origin of geld

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1600–10; <Medieval Latin geldum payment, tribute <Germanic; compare Old English geld,German Geld

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British Dictionary definitions for geld (1 of 2)

geld1

/ (ɡɛld) /


verbgelds, gelding, gelded or gelt (tr)
  1. to castrate (a horse or other animal)

  2. to deprive of virility or vitality; emasculate; weaken

Origin of geld

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C13: from Old Norse gelda, from geldr barren

Derived forms of geld

  • gelder, noun

British Dictionary definitions for geld (2 of 2)

geld2

/ (ɡɛld) /


noun
  1. a tax on land levied in late Anglo-Saxon and Norman England

Origin of geld

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Old English gield service, tax; related to Old Norse gjald tribute, Old Frisian jeld, Old High German gelt retribution, income

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