About The Word Geld
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Geld
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What's The Definition Of Geld?
[v] cut off the testicles; of male animals such as horses
Synonyms | Synonyms for Geld: Related Terms | Find terms related to Geld: alter | castrate | change | demasculinize | desexualize | effeminate | effeminatize | effeminize | emasculate | eunuchize | fix | mutilate | neuter | sissify | soften | spay | unsex | womanize See Also | castrate | demasculinise | demasculinize | emasculate Geld In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. |
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