gesith

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Definition of gesith

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A companion to an athel or king in medieval England; a thegn; a comrade
    “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 [...]”
    “The gesith took him and had his wounds attended to.”
    “"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.”

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġesīþ (“companion, fellow, comrade; companion or follower of an athel or king”), from Proto-West Germanic *gasinþ, from Proto-Germanic *gasinþô.

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