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Webster 1913 Edition


Geld

Geld

,
Noun.
[AS.
gild
,
gield
,
geld
, tribute, payment, fr.
gieldan
to pay, render. See
Yield
.]
Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.
[Obs.]
☞ 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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gelded
or Gelt ([GREEK]);
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.
2.
To deprive of anything essential.
Bereft and
gelded
of his patrimony.
Shakespeare
3.
To deprive of anything exceptionable;
as, to
geld
a book, or a story
; to expurgate.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Geld

GELD

,
Noun.
Money; tribute; compensation. This word is obsolete in English,but it occurs in old laws and law books in composition; as in Danegeld, or Danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; Weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, &c.

GELD

. v.t. pret. gelded or gelt; pp. gelded or gelt.
1.
To castrate; to emasculate.
2.
To deprive of any essential part.
3.
To deprive of any thing immodest or exceptionable.

Definition 2024


Geld

Geld

See also: geld and geldt

German

Noun

Geld n (genitive Geldes or Gelds, plural Gelder)

  1. money

Usage notes

  • The plural Gelder refers to several sources or purposes of capital, or several amounts of money received or spent (mostly in the context of larger public or corporate budgets).

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms


Luxembourgish

Noun

Geld n (plural Gelder)

  1. money

geld

geld

See also: Geld and geldt

English

Noun

geld (plural gelds)

  1. Money; notably:
    1. A tribute
    2. A compensation, notably a financial one
    3. A ransom.
    4. A medieval form of Land Tax
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gelda (geld, castrate), from geldr (yielding no milk, dry), cognate with Old High German galt[1]. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (gilþa, sickle)[2]. Compare the archaic German Gelze (castrated swine) and gelzen (castrate), Danish galt (boar) (from Old Norse gǫltr (boar, hog), cognate with English gilt) and gilde (to geld). "gelding" derives from Old Norse geldingr.[1]

Verb

geld (third-person singular simple present gelds, present participle gelding, simple past and past participle gelded or gelt)

  1. (transitive) To castrate a male (usually an animal).
    • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 16-17
      "Poor old Topaz," said Mrs Flanders, as he stretched himself out in the sun, and she smiled, thinking how she had had him gelded, and how she did not like red hair in men.
Translations

References

  1. 1 2 geld” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  2. geld in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch geld (money), cognate with German Geld (money), Old Norse gjald (payment), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild, tribute).

Noun

geld (plural geld)

  1. money

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlt
  • IPA(key): /ɣɛlt/, /xɛlt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gheld, ghelt, from Old Dutch geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (reward, gift, money), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (to pay). Cognate with English geld, yield, German Geld (money), West Frisian jild, Old Norse gjald (payment), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild, tribute).

Noun

geld n (plural gelden)

  1. money

Derived terms

  • geldelijk
  • geldbedrag n
  • geldboete
  • geldbron
  • geldgewin
  • geldschepping
  • geldsom
  • geldsoort
  • geldstraf
  • geldwaarde
  • geldzaak
  • baar geld n
  • belastingsgeld n
  • bibbergeld n
  • bloedgeld n
  • goed geld n
  • giraal geld n
  • losgeld n
  • papiergeld n
  • slecht geld n
  • weergeld n
  • zakgeld n
  • zwart geld n
  • vergelden (verb)
  • etc.

Verb

geld

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gelden
  2. imperative of gelden

Icelandic

Verb

geld

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gjalda

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɛl(d)]

Adjective

geld (comparative mair geld, superlative maist geld)

  1. Alternative form of yeld