Gelde

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gelde

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gelde
Substitute: Geld (N. E. D. s. v.), barren, unproductive:--Effeta, i. sine foetu, debilis, priuata, sine fructu, vel gelde, uacuala, ineruata, sterilis, stulta, Wülck. Gl. 226, 22. Effeta [ná ?] berende bið oððe gelde oððe áfyldum, 394, 26. [O. H. Ger. galt: Ger. gelt not giving milk: Icel. geldr.] gelde
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