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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GELD, n. Money; tribute; compensation. This word is obsolete in English,but it occurs in old laws and law books in composition; as in Danegeld, or Danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; Weregeld, compensation for the life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. pret. gelded or gelt; pp. gelded or gelt.
1. To castrate; to emasculate.
2. To deprive of any essential part.
3. To deprive of any thing immodest or exceptionable.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the vet gelded the young horse" [syn: geld, cut]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse gelda; akin to Old English gelde sterile Date: 14th century 1. castrate 2. to deprive of a natural or essential part <sick of workingmen being gelded of their natural expression — Atlantic> II. noun Etymology: Old English gield, geld service, tribute; akin to Old English gieldan to pay, yield — more at yield Date: 1610 the crown tax paid under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 deprive (usu. a male animal) of the ability to reproduce. 2 castrate or spay; excise the testicles or ovaries of. Etymology: ME f. ON gelda f. geldr barren f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Geld Geld, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr. gieldan to pay, render. See Yield.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Geld Geld, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gelded or Gelt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gelding.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan. gilde, Sw. g["a]lla, 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Castrate, emasculate, glib, deprive of virility.

Moby Thesaurus

alter, castrate, change, demasculinize, desexualize, effeminate, effeminatize, effeminize, emasculate, eunuchize, fix, mutilate, neuter, sissify, soften, spay, unsex, womanize