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gesithman

gesithman noun: a gesith.

Noun

gesithman (plural gesithmen)

  1. A gesith.
    • If any one received into his family a ceorl who fled from justice, he was obliged to pay his own were, but if he refused he was compellable to pay his own were, and then his gesithman was bound to pay his were also. Here the stranger, by being admitted into the family of another, became the...1818, Samuel Heywood, A Dissertation upon the Distinctions in Society, and Ranks of the People, under the Anglo-Saxon Governments, London: […] W. Clarke and Sons, page 251
    • 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

Forms of gesithman

pluralgesithmen

Origin of gesithman

Learned borrowing from Old English ġesīþman, equivalent to gesith + -man.

Questions about gesithman

What does gesithman mean?
Gesithman means a gesith.
What part of speech is gesithman?
Gesithman is a noun.
What is the plural of gesithman?
The plural of gesithman is gesithmen.

Words near gesithman in the dictionary

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

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