GELD

geld. Geld, [g hard] v.t. gelded, gelt; pret. gelded, gelt, pa. to castrate, emasculate, n. a tax

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Geld (?), n. [[AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.]] Money; tribute; compensation; ransom. ☞ 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.