Definition for GELD

GELD, n. [Sax. gild; Sw. gäld; Dan. gield; G. and D. geld.]

Money; tribute; compensation. This word is obsolete in English, but it occurs in old laws and law books in composition; as in Danegeld, or Danegelt, a tax imposed by the Danes; Weregeld, compensation for the life of a man, &c.

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