Geld
Geld , noun
[Anglo-Saxon gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, from gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.]
Money; tribute; compensation; ransom. [Obsolete]
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 , transitive verb
[Icelandic gelda to castrate; akin to Danish gilde, Swedish galla, and compare Anglo-Saxon gilte a young sow, Old High German galt dry, not giving milk, German gelt, Gothic gilpa siclke.]
1.
To castrate; to emasculate.
2.
To deprive of anything essential.
Bereft and gelded of his patrimony.
3.
To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book, or a story; to expurgate. [Obsolete] — Dryden