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geld
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ld/
- Rhymes: -?ld
Etymology 1
From Middle English geld and reinforced by Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, ?ield (“payment, tribute”), from Proto-Germanic *geld? (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eld?- (“to pay”). Cognate with North Frisian jild (“money”), Saterland Frisian Jield, Jäild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), German Geld (“money”), Old Norse gjald (“payment”), Gothic ???????????????? (gild, “tribute”). Also related to English yield. Geld is also written gelt or gild, and as such found in wergild, Danegeld, etc. Probably reinforced by gelt (which see), see Norwegian Bokmål gjeld (“debt”).
Noun
geld (countable and uncountable, plural gelds)
- (chiefly archaic or historical) Money.
- (historical) In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.
Related terms
- Danegeld
- hidegeld
- wharfgeld
- sandgeld
- wergeld
- yield
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda (“to geld, castrate”), from geldr (“yielding no milk, dry”), cognate with Old High German galt. Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????? (gilþa, “sickle”). Compare the archaic German Gelze (“castrated swine”) and gelzen (“castrate”), Danish galt (“castrated boar”) (from Old Norse g?ltr (“boar, hog”), cognate with English gilt) and gilde (“to geld”). "gelding" derives from Old Norse geldingr.
Verb
geld (third-person singular simple present gelds, present participle gelding, simple past and past participle gelded or gelt)
- (transitive) To castrate a male (usually an animal).
- (transitive, figuratively) To deprive of anything essential; to weaken.
Translations
Noun
geld (plural gelds)
- A female animal, such as a ewe or cow, that is not pregnant.
References
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch geld (“money”), from Middle Dutch gelt, from Old Dutch geld, from Proto-Germanic *geld?, cognate with German Geld (“money”), Old Norse gjald (“payment”), Gothic ???????????????? (gild, “tribute”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lt/
Noun
geld (plural geld)
- money
Descendants
- ? Sotho: tjhelete
- ? Venda: tshelede
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lt/, (Northern Dutch) [x?lt], (Southern Dutch) [??lt]
- Hyphenation: geld
- Rhymes: -?lt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch gelt, gheld, ghelt, from Old Dutch geld, from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geld? (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?eld?- (“to pay”).
Noun
geld n (plural gelden)
- money
- Synonyms: doekoe, poen
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: geld
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch gelde, probably borrowed from Old Norse geldr (“barren, yielding no milk”), from Proto-Germanic *galdaz, *galdijaz (“barren, unfruitful”). The ultimate origin is uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (“to cut”), or from *g?el- (“to shout, cry”).
Adjective
geld (not comparable)
- (obsolete, of female animals) not pregnant
- Antonym: drachtig
- (obsolete, of fish) male
Inflection
Alternative forms
- gelt (obsolete)
Descendants
- ? West Frisian: geld
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
geld
- first-person singular present indicative of gelden
- imperative of gelden
References
Icelandic
Verb
geld
- first-person singular present indicative of gjalda
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??l(d)]
Adjective
geld (comparative mair geld, superlative maist geld)
- Alternative form of yeld
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keld
English
Adjective
keld (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Having a kell or covering; webbed.
- 1630, Michael Drayton, “Noahs Floud” in The Muses Elizium Lately Discouered, p. 98[1]:
- […] the Otter then that keepes / In the wild Riuers, in their Bancks and Sleeps, / And seeds on Fish, which vnder water still, / He with his keld seet, and keene teeth doth kill; / The other two into the Arke doth follow, / Though his ill shape doth cause him but to wallow […]
- 1630, Michael Drayton, “Noahs Floud” in The Muses Elizium Lately Discouered, p. 98[1]:
Anagrams
- Delk
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