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geld
1[ geld ]
verb (used with object)
- to castrate (an animal, especially a horse).
- to take strength, vitality, or power from; weaken or subdue.
geld
2[ geld ]
noun
- a payment; tax.
- a tax paid to the crown by landholders under the Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.
geld
1/ ɡɛld /
noun
- a tax on land levied in late Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
geld
2/ ɡɛld /
verb
- to castrate (a horse or other animal)
- to deprive of virility or vitality; emasculate; weaken
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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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of geld1
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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.
One-third of the geld was paid to Geoffrey de Coutances, bishop of Exeter, who threw up the earthworks of the castle.
Well, she's heir of all this isle (for I will geld monster).
Come, knave, it were a good deed to geld thee, by Cock's bones!
One great purpose seems to mould both its form and its substance; it is a geld-book.
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