Kelt vs Gelt - What's the difference?
kelt | gelt |
(Scotland) Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool.
(slang) Money.
* 1948 , William Burroughs, letter, 5 Jun 1948:
tribute; tax
* Fuller
(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.
As nouns the difference between kelt and gelt
is that kelt is a thin, recently spawned Atlantic salmon while gelt is a lunatic.As a verb gelt is
form of Simple past and past participle|geld|lang=en.kelt
English
(wikipedia kelt)Etymology 1
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Compare Icelandic (kult), quilt.Noun
- (Jamieson)
gelt
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) geilt.Etymology 2
Variation of gilt.Etymology 3
From (etyl), from . More at (l).Verb
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From (etyl) gelt (Modern (etyl) Geld), from (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- Have bought some farm land in Rio Grande Valley which should bring in a sizeable bundle of gelts come cotton picking time.
- All these the king granted unto them free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner.