Geld

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Geld \Geld\, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr.
     gieldan to pay, render. See {Yield}.]
     Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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[aum]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG.
     galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]
     1. To castrate; to emasculate.
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     2. To deprive of anything essential.
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              Bereft and gelded of his patrimony.   --Shak.
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     3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book,
        or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  geld
       v : cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the
           vet gelded the young horse" [syn: {cut}]
       [also: {gelt}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "geld":
     alter, castrate, change, demasculinize, desexualize, effeminate,
     effeminatize, effeminize, emasculate, eunuchize, fix, mutilate,
     neuter, sissify, soften, spay, unsex, womanize
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  GELD, old Eng. law. It signifies a fine or compensation for an offence; 
  also, rent, money or tribute.