Seld vs Geld - What's the difference?
seld | geld |
(obsolete, or, dialectal, Scotland) Seldom.
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.191:
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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As an adjective seld
is rare, uncommon.As an adverb seld
is seldom.As a noun geld is
money; notably.As a verb geld is
to castrate a male (usually an animal).seld
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- knowing how far such an amitie is from the common use, and how seld seene and rarely found, I looke not to finde a competent judge.
Derived terms
* (l)Anagrams
* * * *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.
