2. Noun. (plural of geld) ¹
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Definition of Gelds
1. geld [v] - See also: geld
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gelds
Literary usage of Gelds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Selection of Hymns and Poems, for the Use of Believers: Collected from by Richard McNemar (1833)
"In all such things he's at a loss, hm«e 1 no it be m the way of joke But gelds
himself a willing slave Rnr ..."
2. The Ancient Laws of Wales: Viewed Especially in Regard to the Light They by Hubert Lewis (1889)
"... military service, with numerous other franchises, including freedom from all
gelds, ... relating to lands there, they were to hold free from all gelds, ..."
3. Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office by Great Britain Public Record Office, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, Alfred Edward Stamp (1906)
"... to the intent that the men - there dwelling shall be quit of all gelds, aids,
customs, services and exactions, with every liberty and free custom of the ..."
4. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1897)
"We answer that it gelds there.' Assuredly not, but in the sense that their ...
Professor Maitland ascribes the chief mischief to the heavy gelds of the ..."
5. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1895)
"... lands and possessions are freed from every imaginable form of taxation '
imperial and local'—if we may use such modern terms:—from all scots and gelds, ..."
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