"geld" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɛld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-geld.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gelds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛld Etymology: From Middle English geld and reinforced by Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, ġield (“payment, tribute”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Probably reinforced by gelt (which see), see Norwegian Bokmål gjeld (“debt”). Geld is also written gelt or gild, and as such found in wergild, Danegeld, etc. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian jild (“money”), Saterland Frisian Jield, Jäild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), German Geld (“money”), Old Norse gjald (“payment”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild, “tribute”). Also related to English yield. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰeldʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|geld}} Middle English geld, {{cog|ML.|geldum}} Medieval Latin geldum, {{inh|en|ang|geld}} Old English geld, {{m|ang|ġield||payment, tribute}} ġield (“payment, tribute”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*geld}} Proto-West Germanic *geld, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*geldą||reward, gift, money}} Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰeldʰ-||to pay}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”), {{m|en|gelt}} gelt, {{cog|nb|gjeld||debt}} Norwegian Bokmål gjeld (“debt”), {{m|en||Geld}} Geld, {{m|en|gelt}} gelt, {{m|en|gild}} gild, {{m|en|wergild}} wergild, {{m|en|Danegeld}} Danegeld, {{cog|frr|jild||money}} North Frisian jild (“money”), {{cog|stq|Jield}} Saterland Frisian Jield, {{m|stq|Jäild||money}} Jäild (“money”), {{cog|nl|geld||money}} Dutch geld (“money”), {{cog|de|Geld||money}} German Geld (“money”), {{cog|non|gjald||payment}} Old Norse gjald (“payment”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳||tribute}} Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild, “tribute”), {{cog|en|yield}} English yield Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} geld (countable and uncountable, plural gelds)
  1. (chiefly archaic, dialectal or historical) Money.
    (Northern England) A payment.
    Tags: Northern-England, archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-geld-en-noun-nXN8BDAx Categories (other): Northern England English
  2. (chiefly archaic, dialectal or historical) Money.
    (historical) In particular, (money paid as) a medieval form of land tax.
    Tags: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-geld-en-noun-FQzQk-K~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 47 10 9 2 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡɛld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-geld.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gelds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛld Etymology: From Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda (“to geld, castrate”), from Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (“to castrate”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old Norse geldr (“yielding no milk, dry”), German galt, gelt (“not giving milk, barren”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (gilþa, “sickle”). Compare the archaic German Gelze (“castrated swine”) and gelzen (“to castrate”), Danish galt (“castrated boar”) (from Old Norse gǫltr (“boar, hog”), cognate with English gilt and gilde (“to geld”). "gelding" derives from Old Norse geldingr. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gelden}} Middle English gelden, {{der|en|non|gelda|t=to geld, castrate}} Old Norse gelda (“to geld, castrate”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*galdijaną|t=to castrate}} Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (“to castrate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰel-|t=to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”), {{cog|non|geldr|t=yielding no milk, dry}} Old Norse geldr (“yielding no milk, dry”), {{cog|de|galt}} German galt, {{m|de|gelt|t=not giving milk, barren}} gelt (“not giving milk, barren”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰|t=sickle}} Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (gilþa, “sickle”), {{cog|de|Gelze|t=castrated swine}} German Gelze (“castrated swine”), {{m|de|gelzen|t=to castrate}} gelzen (“to castrate”), {{cog|da|galt|t=castrated boar}} Danish galt (“castrated boar”), {{cog|non|gǫltr|t=boar, hog}} Old Norse gǫltr (“boar, hog”), {{cog|en|gilt}} English gilt, {{m|en|gilde|t=to geld}} gilde (“to geld”), {{cog|non|geldingr}} Old Norse geldingr Head templates: {{en-noun}} geld (plural gelds)
  1. A female animal, such as a ewe or cow, that is not pregnant. Categories (lifeform): Female animals
    Sense id: en-geld-en-noun-ZLmygJJA Disambiguation of Female animals: 13 18 58 4 3 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɡɛld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-geld.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gelds [present, singular, third-person], gelding [participle, present], gelded [participle, past], gelded [past]
Rhymes: -ɛld Etymology: From Middle English geld and reinforced by Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, ġield (“payment, tribute”), from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Probably reinforced by gelt (which see), see Norwegian Bokmål gjeld (“debt”). Geld is also written gelt or gild, and as such found in wergild, Danegeld, etc. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian jild (“money”), Saterland Frisian Jield, Jäild (“money”), Dutch geld (“money”), German Geld (“money”), Old Norse gjald (“payment”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild, “tribute”). Also related to English yield. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰeldʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|geld}} Middle English geld, {{cog|ML.|geldum}} Medieval Latin geldum, {{inh|en|ang|geld}} Old English geld, {{m|ang|ġield||payment, tribute}} ġield (“payment, tribute”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*geld}} Proto-West Germanic *geld, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*geldą||reward, gift, money}} Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰeldʰ-||to pay}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”), {{m|en|gelt}} gelt, {{cog|nb|gjeld||debt}} Norwegian Bokmål gjeld (“debt”), {{m|en||Geld}} Geld, {{m|en|gelt}} gelt, {{m|en|gild}} gild, {{m|en|wergild}} wergild, {{m|en|Danegeld}} Danegeld, {{cog|frr|jild||money}} North Frisian jild (“money”), {{cog|stq|Jield}} Saterland Frisian Jield, {{m|stq|Jäild||money}} Jäild (“money”), {{cog|nl|geld||money}} Dutch geld (“money”), {{cog|de|Geld||money}} German Geld (“money”), {{cog|non|gjald||payment}} Old Norse gjald (“payment”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳||tribute}} Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳 (gild, “tribute”), {{cog|en|yield}} English yield Head templates: {{en-verb}} geld (third-person singular simple present gelds, present participle gelding, simple past and past participle gelded)
  1. (historical) To tax geld. Tags: historical Related terms: Danegeld, hidegeld, wharfgeld, sandgeld, wergeld, yield Translations (medieval land tax): geldum [neuter] (Latin), gield [neuter] (Old English)
    Sense id: en-geld-en-verb-xVI4F21T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡɛld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-geld.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gelds [present, singular, third-person], gelding [participle, present], gelded [participle, past], gelded [past], gelt [participle, past], gelt [past]
Rhymes: -ɛld Etymology: From Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda (“to geld, castrate”), from Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (“to castrate”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”). Cognate with Old Norse geldr (“yielding no milk, dry”), German galt, gelt (“not giving milk, barren”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (gilþa, “sickle”). Compare the archaic German Gelze (“castrated swine”) and gelzen (“to castrate”), Danish galt (“castrated boar”) (from Old Norse gǫltr (“boar, hog”), cognate with English gilt and gilde (“to geld”). "gelding" derives from Old Norse geldingr. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gelden}} Middle English gelden, {{der|en|non|gelda|t=to geld, castrate}} Old Norse gelda (“to geld, castrate”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*galdijaną|t=to castrate}} Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (“to castrate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰel-|t=to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”), {{cog|non|geldr|t=yielding no milk, dry}} Old Norse geldr (“yielding no milk, dry”), {{cog|de|galt}} German galt, {{m|de|gelt|t=not giving milk, barren}} gelt (“not giving milk, barren”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰|t=sickle}} Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (gilþa, “sickle”), {{cog|de|Gelze|t=castrated swine}} German Gelze (“castrated swine”), {{m|de|gelzen|t=to castrate}} gelzen (“to castrate”), {{cog|da|galt|t=castrated boar}} Danish galt (“castrated boar”), {{cog|non|gǫltr|t=boar, hog}} Old Norse gǫltr (“boar, hog”), {{cog|en|gilt}} English gilt, {{m|en|gilde|t=to geld}} gilde (“to geld”), {{cog|non|geldingr}} Old Norse geldingr Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=gelt}} geld (third-person singular simple present gelds, present participle gelding, simple past and past participle gelded or gelt)
  1. (transitive) To castrate a male (usually an animal). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-geld-en-verb-~XHzkYUm
  2. (transitive, figurative) To deprive of anything essential; to weaken. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-geld-en-verb-xa-8~MRs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "t": "not giving milk, barren"
      },
      "expansion": "gelt (“not giving milk, barren”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰",
        "t": "sickle"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (gilþa, “sickle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Gelze",
        "t": "castrated swine"
      },
      "expansion": "German Gelze (“castrated swine”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gelzen",
        "t": "to castrate"
      },
      "expansion": "gelzen (“to castrate”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "galt",
        "t": "castrated boar"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish galt (“castrated boar”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gǫltr",
        "t": "boar, hog"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gǫltr (“boar, hog”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gilt"
      },
      "expansion": "English gilt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gilde",
        "t": "to geld"
      },
      "expansion": "gilde (“to geld”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "geldingr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse geldingr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda (“to geld, castrate”), from Proto-Germanic *galdijaną (“to castrate”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”).\nCognate with Old Norse geldr (“yielding no milk, dry”), German galt, gelt (“not giving milk, barren”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 (gilþa, “sickle”). Compare the archaic German Gelze (“castrated swine”) and gelzen (“to castrate”), Danish galt (“castrated boar”) (from Old Norse gǫltr (“boar, hog”), cognate with English gilt and gilde (“to geld”). \"gelding\" derives from Old Norse geldingr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gelds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "geld (plural gelds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A female animal, such as a ewe or cow, that is not pregnant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ewe",
          "ewe"
        ],
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "pregnant",
          "pregnant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɛld/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛld"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-geld.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-geld.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-geld.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geld"
}

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