géilsine
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Middle Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
géilsine f
- hostageship, rendering of hostages
- 12th Century Chronicon Scotorum Annal 538.1
- initium indictionis Bellum Claenlocha in quo cecidit Maine mac Cerbaill oc cosnamh gellsine Ua Maine Connachd.
- Battle of Claenloch in which fell Maine mac Cerbaill defending the hostages of the Uí Maine of Connacht.
- 12th Century Chronicon Scotorum Annal 538.1
- service, vassalage
- forced service, subjection
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms[edit]
- (service, vassalage): céilsine, géilsinecht
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: géillsine
See also[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géilsine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language