[geld] vt [ME, fr. ON gelda; akin to OE gelde sterile] (14c) 1: castrate
2: to deprive of a natural or essential part "sick of workingmen being ~ed of their natural expression --Atlantic"
[2]geld n [OE gield, geld service, tribute; akin to OE gieldan to pay, yield--more at yield] (1610): the crown tax paid under Anglo-Saxon and Norman kings