noun. A tax paid to the crown by English landholders under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings.

transitive verb. To castrate (a horse, for example).

transitive verb. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

noun. A payment, tax, tribute, or fine: in modern histories and law-books in reference to the Anglo-Saxon period, chiefly in composition, as in Danegeld, wergeld or wergild, etc.

Gelded; castrated; rendered impotent.

Barren; sterile.

Not with young: as, a geld cow; a geld ewe.

Poor; needy.

To castrate; emasculate: used especially of emasculating animals for economic purposes.

Hence To deprive of anything essential.

To expurgate, as a book or other writing.

In apiculture, to cut out old combs from (a hive) so that new ones may be built.

noun. Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.

transitive verb. To castrate; to emasculate.

transitive verb. To deprive of anything essential.

transitive verb. To deprive of anything exceptionable; ; to expurgate.

noun. Money; notably:

verb. To castrate a male (usually an animal).

verb. cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)