GELD, old Eng. law. It signifies a fine or compensation for an offence; also, rent, money or tribute.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Geld \Geld\, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.]

Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]

[1913 Webster]

Note: 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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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[aum]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]

1. To castrate; to emasculate. [1913 Webster]

2. To deprive of anything essential. [1913 Webster]

Bereft and gelded of his patrimony. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.]

--Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "geld": alter, castrate, change, demasculinize, desexualize, effeminate, effeminatize, effeminize, emasculate, eunuchize, fix, mutilate, neuter, sissify, soften, spay, unsex, womanize

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

geld v : cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" [syn: cut] [also: gelt]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Geld \Geld\, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.]

Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]

Note: 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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["a]lla, 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. --Shak.

3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.]

--Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)