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Geld (?), n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]
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☞ 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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Geld (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (>); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.] [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.
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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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