tr.v. geld·ed, geld·ing, gelds 1. To castrate (a horse, for example). 2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken. [Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.] |
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n. A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings. [Middle English geld and Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, gield, payment.] |
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