gesith
See also: gesiþ
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old English ġesīþ (“companion, fellow, comrade; companion or follower of an athel or king”); equivalent to ge- + siþ.
Pronunciation edit
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.
References edit
- OED 2nd edition 1989
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia