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 This word is obsolete in English,but it occurs in old laws and law books in composition; as in Danegeld, or Danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; Weregeld, compensation for the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

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