géilsine

Middle Irish

Etymology

From gell +‎ -sine.

Noun

géilsine f

1. 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.

2. service, vassalage
3. forced service, subjection

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (service, vassalage): céilsine, géilsinecht

Descendants

• Irish: géillsine

See also

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géilsine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language