Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Geld \Geld\, n. [AS. gild, gield, geld, tribute, payment, fr.
   gieldan to pay, render. See {Yield}.]
   Money; tribute; compensation; ransom.[Obs.]

   Note: This word occurs in old law books in composition, as in
         danegeld, or danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes;
         weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, etc.

Geld \Geld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gelded} or Gelt (?); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Gelding}.] [Icel. gelda to castrate; akin to Dan.
   gilde, Sw. g["a]lla, and cf. AS. gilte a young sow, OHG. galt
   dry, not giving milk, G. gelt, Goth. gilpa siclke.]
   1. To castrate; to emasculate.

   2. To deprive of anything essential.

            Bereft and gelded of his patrimony.   --Shak.

   3. To deprive of anything exceptionable; as, to geld a book,
      or a story; to expurgate. [Obs.] --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

geld
     v : cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses); "the
         vet gelded the young horse" [syn: {cut}]
     [also: {gelt}]