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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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veld
English
Alternative forms
- veldt
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, from Dutch veld, veldt (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *fulþuz, *felþ?. Doublet of field.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /v?lt/, /v?ld/, /f?lt/
Noun
veld (plural velds)
- The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 79:
- Pale yellow and greyish brown, the bare veld of late summer lay flat and listless under the drab sky.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 11:
- From an early age, I spent most of my free time in the veld playing and fighting with the other boys of the village.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 79:
Related terms
- Highveld
- Lowveld
Derived terms
- bushveld
- grassveld
- sandveld
- sweetveld
- sourveld
- thornveld
Translations
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch veld, from Middle Dutch velt, from Old Dutch feld, felt, from Proto-Germanic *felþ?, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh?-.
Noun
veld (plural velde, diminutive veldjie)
- A field, open country
- A patch or grass and/or other small plants
- The veld, the open grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries
- A sports field.
Derived terms
- grasveld
Descendants
- ? English: veld
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch velt, from Old Dutch felt, from Proto-Germanic *felþ?, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?lt/
- Hyphenation: veld
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
veld n (plural velden, diminutive veldje n)
- A field, open country.
- An agricultural field.
- Synonym: akker
- A patch or grass and/or other small plants.
- The field, geographical theatre where warriors operate, especially in battle.
- A sports field.
- A subject field, domain of knowledge, in particular an academic field.
- (physics) A field (physical phenomenon pervading an area).
Derived terms
- military
- sports
Descendants
- Afrikaans: veld
- ? English: veld
Middle English
Noun
veld
- Alternative form of feeld
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