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geld1 (gĕld)

[Middle English gelden, from Old Norse gelda.]

transitive verb: geld·ed or gelt (gĕlt), geld·ing, gelds. 

  1. To castrate (a horse, for example).
  2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.
geld2 (gĕld)

[Middle English geld, Medieval Latin geldum, both from Old English geld, gield, payment.]

noun 

A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.