geld : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: geld	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for geld
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
geld v cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" Synonym(s): geld, cut
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[84]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.