Geld vs Gell - What's the difference?
geld | gell |
Money; notably:
# A tribute
# A compensation, notably a financial one
# A ransom.
# A medieval form of Land Tax
To castrate a male (usually an animal).
* 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 16-17
English terms with multiple etymologies
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* 1906 , , Chapter 4: "The engine-burglar":
(a leech)
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As nouns the difference between geld and gell
is that geld is money while gell is .geld
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m) and is also written (m) or (m), and as such found in (m), (m), etc. Probably reinforced by (m) (which see).Noun
(en noun)Verb
- ''"Poor old Topaz," said Mrs Flanders, as he stretched himself out in the sun, and she smiled, thinking how she had had him gelded , and how she did not like red hair in men.
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gell
English
Noun
(en noun)- "You're a naughty little gell , that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:--
- "Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it.