geld

[Geld]

In farming and ranching, the verb geld means to castrate or remove the sexual organs of a male animal. A farmer might geld a horse so that he will be calmer and easier to ride.

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Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.

Verb
cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse"


n.
Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.

v. t.
To castrate; to emasculate.

v. t.
To deprive of anything essential.

v. t.
To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate.


Geld

Geld , n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.] &hand; 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

Geld , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g'84lla, 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.
3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] Dryden.

Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.

To castrate; to emasculate.

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