Old English · noun

gesiþ

Normalised ġesīþ

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /jeˈsiːθ/
Syllables: je · ˈsiːθ (2 syllables)
Modern English: gesith companion comrade

Meaning

companion, comrade

Ful oft mec ġesīþas sendað æfter hondum, þæt mec weras ond wīf wlonce cyssað.

Very oft companions send me from hand to hand so that proud men and women kiss me.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30:

Declension

Declension of gesiþ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ġesīþ	ġesīþas
Accusative	ġesīþ	ġesīþas
Genitive	ġesīþes	ġesīþa
Dative	ġesīþe	ġesīþum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gasinþ, from Proto-Germanic *gasinþô, equivalent to ġe- + sīþ. Cognate with Old Saxon gisīth, Old High German gisindo (German Gesinde), Gothic (gasinþa), (gasinþja).

Descendants

gesith

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