geld

See also Geld, and geldt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɛld/
• Rhymes: -ɛld

Etymology 1

From Middle English geld and Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, ġield (“payment, tribute”), from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Cognate with North Frisian jild (“money”), Saterland Frisian Jäild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), German Geld (“money”), Old Norse gjald (“payment”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild). 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).

Noun

geld (plural gelds)

1. Money; notably:
   1. A tribute
   2. A compensation, notably a financial one
   3. A ransom.

Related terms

• Danegeld
• hidegeld
• wergeld

Translations

money — see money

tribute — see tribute

compensation — see compensation

ransom — see ransom

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gelda (“geld, castrate”), from geldr (“yielding no milk, dry”), cognate with Old High German galt. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (gilþa, “sickle”). Compare the archaic German Gelze, “castrated swine” and gelzen (“castrate”), Danish galt (“boar”) (from Old Norse gǫltr (“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)

1. (transitive) To castrate a male (usually an animal).
   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 16-17

     "Poor old Topaz," said Mrs Flanders, as he stretched himself out in the sun, and she smiled, thinking how she had had him gelded, and how she did not like red hair in men.

Translations

to castrate a male

• Dutch: castreren (nl)
• Finnish: kuohita, kuohia, kastroida, salvaa (dialectal)
• French: castrer (fr)
• Malay: kembiri (ms), kasi (ms)
• Norwegian: gjelle (however usually colloquially about human males, e.g. sex offenders)

• Russian: кастрировать (ru) (kastrirovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: spoth (gd)
• Spanish: capar, castrar

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch geld "money", cognate with German Geld "money", Old Norse/Danish Tongue gjald "payment", Gothic gild "tribute"

Noun

geld (plural geld)

1. money

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gheld, ghelt, from Old Dutch geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Cognate with English geld, yield, German Geld "money", West Frisian jild, Old Norse/Danish Tongue gjald "payment", Gothic gild "tribute"

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlt
• IPA: /ɣɛlt/, /xɛlt/

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Noun

geld n (plural gelden)

1. money

Derived terms

geldelijk geldbedrag n geldboete geldbron geldgewin geldschepping geldsom geldsoort geldstraf geldwaarde geldzaak baar geld n belastingsgeld n bibbergeld n bloedgeld n goed geld n giraal geld n losgeld n papiergeld n slecht geld n weergeld n zakgeld n zwart geld n vergelden (verb) etc.

Verb

geld

1. first-person singular present indicative of gelden
2. imperative of gelden

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Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA: [gɛl(d)]

Adjective

geld (comparative mair geld, superlative maist geld)

1. Alternative form of yeld.