Old English · adjective
gesiþcund
Normalised ġesīþcund
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeˈsiːθˌkund/
- Syllables
- je · ˈsiːθ · ˌkund (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- genteelgesithcundwell-born
Meaning
-
genteel, well-born
Ġif ġesīþcund mon fare, þonne mōt hē habban his ġerēfan mid him ⁊ his smiþ ⁊ his ċildfestran.
If a noble man should move, then he may keep his reeve and his smith and his children's nurse with him.
Laws of King Ine
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġesīþcund | ġesīþcund | ġesīþcund |
| Accusative | ġesīþcundne | ġesīþcunde | ġesīþcund |
| Genitive | ġesīþcundes | ġesīþcundre | ġesīþcundes |
| Dative | ġesīþcundum | ġesīþcundre | ġesīþcundum |
| Instrumental | ġesīþcunde | ġesīþcundre | ġesīþcunde |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġesīþcunde | ġesīþcundaġesīþcunde | ġesīþcund |
| Accusative | ġesīþcunde | ġesīþcundaġesīþcunde | ġesīþcund |
| Genitive | ġesīþcundra | ġesīþcundra | ġesīþcundra |
| Dative | ġesīþcundum | ġesīþcundum | ġesīþcundum |
| Instrumental | ġesīþcundum | ġesīþcundum | ġesīþcundum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġesīþcunda | ġesīþcunde | ġesīþcunde |
| Accusative | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcunde |
| Genitive | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan |
| Dative | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan |
| Instrumental | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan |
| Accusative | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan | ġesīþcundan |
| Genitive | ġesīþcundraġesīþcundena | ġesīþcundraġesīþcundena | ġesīþcundraġesīþcundena |
| Dative | ġesīþcundum | ġesīþcundum | ġesīþcundum |
| Instrumental | ġesīþcundum | ġesīþcundum | ġesīþcundum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From ġesīþ (“companion”) + -cund (“born”).
Descendants
gesithcund
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