royal tax in medieval England, c. 1600, as a historical term, from Medieval Latin geldum, from Old English gield "payment, tax, tribute, compensation," from Proto-Germanic *geldam "payment" (cognates: Middle High German gelt "payment, contribution," German geld "money," Old Norse gjald "payment," Gothic gild "tribute, tax"), from PIE root *gheldh- "to pay" (see yield (v.)).
geld (v.)
"to castrate," c. 1300, from Old Norse gelda "to castrate," said in Watkins to be from Proto-Germanic *galdjan "to castrate," from PIE *ghel- (3) "to cut." Related to other words which, if the derivation is correct, indicate a general sense of "barren." Compare Old Norse geld-fe "barren sheep" and geldr (adj.) "barren, yielding no milk, dry," which yielded Middle English geld "barren" (of women and female animals); also Old High German galt "barren," said of a cow. Related: Gelded; gelding.
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1. Kann man hier auf der Post auch Geld einzahlen, abheben und ü berweisen?
这封信我必须寄挂号.
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2. Lukas Podolski: Ich habe mich nie von Geld beeindrucken lassen.
小猪: 我不用为生计担忧了.
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3. Unsere g ü nstigen Austauschmotoren und der geringe Kraftstoffverbrauch sparen Ihnen bares Geld.
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4. Geld alleine reicht nicht , man braucht auch das Know - how , um es einzusetzen.
光有钱是不够的,还得有好的体制和诀窍来花钱.
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5. To remove the testicles of a male; geld or emasculate.
