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gesithcundman

gesithcundman noun: a gesith.

Noun

gesithcundman (plural gesithcundmen)

  1. A gesith.
    • The gesiths, gesithmen, or gesithcundmen, were the military companions or followers of the Anglo-Saxon chiefs and Kings.1830, John Allen, Inquiry into the Rise and Growth of the Royal Prerogative in England, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, page 149
    • The penalty of the adultery of the gesithcundman goes to his lord, ‘according to ancient usage.’1874, William Stubbs, The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development, volume I, Oxford: at the Clarendon Press

Forms of gesithcundman

pluralgesithcundmen

Origin of gesithcundman

Learned borrowing from Old English ġesīþcund man / mon, equivalent to gesithcund + -man.

Questions about gesithcundman

What does gesithcundman mean?
Gesithcundman means a gesith.
What part of speech is gesithcundman?
Gesithcundman is a noun.
What is the plural of gesithcundman?
The plural of gesithcundman is gesithcundmen.

Words near gesithcundman in the dictionary

  1. Geshurites
  2. gesicle
  3. gesicles
  4. gesith
  5. gesithcund
  6. gesithcundman
  7. gesithcundmen
  8. gesithman
  9. gesithmen
  10. gesiths
  11. Geskalhuheraa

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