gesith
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Etymology [edit]
From Old English ġesīþ (“companion, fellow, comrade; companion or follower of a athel or king”); equivalent to ge- + sith.
Noun [edit]
gesith (plural gesiths)
- (historical) A companion to an athel or king in medieval England; a thegn; a comrade
- 1903, William Stubbs, The constitutional history of England in its origin and development:
- Beowulf the son of the noble Ecgtheow became the gesith of King Hygelac, and, when he rose to be a chieftain, had lands, treasures, and gesiths of his own [...]
- 1999, Saint Bede (the Venerable), Judith McClure, Roger Collins, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People:
- The gesith took him and had his wounds attended to.
- 2010, Liane Merciel, The River Kings' Road[1], Fiction, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 9781439159118, page 73:
- "Now comes before you Luisan the Fat of Littlewood, who stands accused of murder," announced Heldric, gesith of Lord Ossaric's liegemen and most experienced in the ways of the court.
- 1903, William Stubbs, The constitutional history of England in its origin and development:
References [edit]
- OED 2nd edition 1989
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
