Geld vs Gild - What's the difference?
geld | gild |
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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To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
To adorn.
To make appear drunk.
As nouns the difference between geld and gild
is that geld is money while gild is .As a verb gild is
to cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.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.