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Gelt vs Gest - What's the difference?

gelt | gest |

In obsolete terms the difference between gelt and gest

is that gelt is gilding; gilt while gest is a roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.

As nouns the difference between gelt and gest

is that gelt is a lunatic while gest is a gesture or action.

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.

    • gest

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) geste.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A gesture or action.
  • * , II.ix:
    • They did obeysaunce, as beseemed right, / And then againe returned to their restes: / The Porter eke to her did lout with humble gestes .
  • * , II.36:
    • more Kings and Princes have written his gestes' and actions, than any other historians, of what quality soever, have registred the ' gests , or collected the actions of any other King or Prince that ever was.
  • (archaic) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Spenser)
  • (archaic) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
    • (Mede)
  • (archaic) bearing; deportment
  • * Spenser
    • through his heroic grace and honorable gest

    Etymology 2

    Compare gist a resting place.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A stage in travelling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey; a rest.
    • (Kersey)
  • (obsolete) A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.
    • (Hanmer)

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