GELD Geld, n. Etym: [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.]
Defn: Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]
Note: This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in danegeld, or danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, etc.
GELD
Geld, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.]
Etym: [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. gälla, and
cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt,
Goth. gilpa siclke.]
1. To castrate; to emasculate.
2. To deprive of anything essential. Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. Shak.
3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] Dryden.
GELDABLE
Geld"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being gelded.
GELDABLE
Geld"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Geld money.]