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Gelt vs Gell - What's the difference?

gelt | gell |

As nouns the difference between gelt and gell

is that gelt is a lunatic while gell is eye dialect of lang=en.

As a verb gelt

is form of Simple past and past participle|geld|lang=en.

gelt

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) geilt.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rare) A lunatic.
  • *1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.7:
  • *:She
  • Etymology 2

    Variation of gilt.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Gilding; gilt.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl), from . More at (l).

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gelding.
  • (Mortimer)

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) gelt (Modern (etyl) Geld), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang) Money.
  • * 1948 , William Burroughs, letter, 5 Jun 1948:
  • Have bought some farm land in Rio Grande Valley which should bring in a sizeable bundle of gelts come cotton picking time.
  • tribute; tax
  • * Fuller
  • All these the king granted unto them free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner.

    Etymology 5

    From (etyl) . See above for more.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (Judaism) Money, especially that given as a gift on Hanukkah or used in games of dreidel.
  • (Judaism) Chocolate candy in the shape of coins, usually wrapped in metallic foil, usually eaten on Hanukkah and often used for games of dreidel.
  • gell

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *
  • * 1906 , , Chapter 4: "The engine-burglar":
  • "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.
  • (a leech)
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