English Explanatory Dictionary

gesith

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A companion to an athel or king in medieval England; a thegn; a comrade

Word forms

gesith gesiths

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.

Related words

gesithcund gesithcundman gesithman
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