Teld vs Geld - What's the difference?
teld | geld |
(obsolete) To lodge in a tent.
(obsolete) To set up (a tent); pitch a tent; (in general) to set up.
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 nouns the difference between teld and geld
is that teld is a tent while geld is money; notably.As verbs the difference between teld and geld
is that teld is to lodge in a tent while geld is to castrate a male (usually an animal).teld
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . See also (l).Etymology 2
From (etyl) . See above.Verb
(en verb)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.
