géilsine
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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “géilsine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language