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I know not in what Danger it were indeed, if the Jilt should pretend she's in love with him, for 'tis a kind believing Coxcomb; otherwise if he part with more than a Piece of Eight-- geld him: for which offer he may chance to be beaten, if she be a Whore of the first Rank Belv.

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  1. transitive verb To castrate (a horse, for example).
  2. transitive verb To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
  3. noun A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.

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  • And the trip itself ought to go a long way toward convincing her she couldn't "fake it" down time What're you coming to, Kit," he muttered on the way across the Commons, "bribing your own grandkid with expensive down-time presents Kit knew-from first-hand experience--that once you gave in and paid Dane-geld, the Dane never went away Well, it was a little late for that now. —  Time Scout
  • With Sparhawk in her hand, Taryn headed across the parking lot, then crossed the street and told the driver where to take her car Later that night, after she'd had a good cry over Rob, a pint of Phish Food, and a long geld-the-useless-bastard conversation with Janine, Taryn pulled out her book and decided to give Sparhawk a try. —  Sherrilyn Kenyon, Rebecca York, Robin D. Owens - What Dreams May Come
  • Ik ga uitleggen hoe je met weinig geld en kennis een handigen en professionelen lichtbak kan maken. —  Daily DIY
  • Web-log. nl laat bloggers geld verdienen - Web-log. nl, waar tweehonderdduizend Nederlanders een blog bijhouden, laat gebruikers nu geld verdienen met hun schrijfsels. —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
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  1. Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.
  2. Middle English geld and Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, gield, payment.

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  1. from Middle English gelden, gilden (past participle gelded, gelt), from Icelandic gelda = Swedish gälla (for *gälda)= Danish gilde, geld; cf. geld, a. The relation of these words to English dial, galt, a (gelded) hog (see gait), to gilt, a spayed sow (see gilt), and to Goth, giltha, a sickle, is uncertain.
  2. English dial.; Scots yeld, yell, barren, not with young, too young to bear (of cattle, sheep, etc.), also barren, bleak (of soil), bleak (of weather), etc.; from Middle English geld, gelde, gelded, barren, from Icelandic geldr = Old Swedish galder, Swedish gall = Danish gold = Middle High German gelte, German gelt, barren (of cattle), sterile; cf. geld, v.
  3. Occurs in modern English only as a historical term, referring to the Anglo-Saxon period; often written, improperly, gelt, after G. geld, which is pronounced and was formerly (in Middle High German and Old High German) written gelt, also gild (Middle Latin geldum, gildum); representing Anglo-Saxon geld, gild, gyld, a payment, tribute (= Dutch geld, money, = Old High German Middle High German gelt, payment, tribute, tax, German geld, money, = Danish gjœld = Swedish gäld, debt, = Goth, gild, payment, tribute), from geldan, gildan, gieldan, gyldan, pay, later English yield: see yield and gild.
 

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