GELD

geld, cut

(verb) cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); “the vet gelded the young horse”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

geld (countable and uncountable, plural gelds)

(chiefly, archaic or historical) Money.

(historical) In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.

Etymology 2

Verb

geld (third-person singular simple present gelds, present participle gelding, simple past and past participle gelt or gelded)

(transitive) To castrate a male (usually an animal).

(transitive, figurative) To deprive of anything essential; to weaken.

Noun

geld (plural gelds)

A female animal, such as a ewe or cow, that is not pregnant.

Source: Wiktionary

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

Definition: 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.

Geld, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.] Etym: [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. gälla, 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 Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition