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Pronunciation : Geld
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Geld
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g?lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913