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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geld \Geld\, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr
gieldan to pay render. See {Yield}.]
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geld \Geld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gelded} or Gelt (?); p. pr &
vb n. {Gelding}.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan.
gilde, Sw g["a]lla, 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
geld
v : cut off the testicles; of male animals such as horses
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