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geld

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geld 1  (gld)
tr.v. geld·ed or gelt (glt), geld·ing, gelds
1. To castrate (a horse, for example).
2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

[Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.]

geld 2  (gld)
n.
A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.

[Middle English geld and Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, gield, payment.]

geld1
vb gelds, gelding, gelded, gelt (tr)
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) to castrate (a horse or other animal)
2. to deprive of virility or vitality; emasculate; weaken
[from Old Norse gelda, from geldr barren]
gelder  n

geld2
n
(Historical Terms) a tax on land levied in late Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
[Old English gield service, tax; related to Old Norse gjald tribute, Old Frisian jeld, Old High German gelt retribution, income]
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Verb1.geld - cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse"
demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate - remove the testicles of a male animal

geld
verb castrate, neuter, emasculate, doctor Most male horses are gelded.
Translations
geld [geld] VTcastrar, capar
geld


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790-791) On the eighth of the month geld the boar and loud- bellowing bull, but hard-working mules on the twelfth.
The woman's hood was pulled down, and the man geld a handkerchief to his face.
 
 
 
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