GELDED

cut, emasculated, gelded

(adjective) (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; “a cut horse”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

gelded

simple past tense and past participle of geld

Adjective

gelded (comparative more gelded, superlative most gelded)

Castrated.

Anagrams

• ledged

Source: Wiktionary

GELD

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