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▪ I. ‖ geis|gɛʃ, geɪʃ, giːʃ|
Also gaysh, geas. Pl. geasa, geise.
[Ir.]
In Irish folklore: a solemn injunction, prohibition, or taboo; a moral obligation.
1880S. Ferguson Poems 63 This journey at this season was ill-timed, As made in violation of the gaysh. 1899D. Hyde Lit. Hist. Irel. 344 He thought he saw Gradh son of Lir upon the plain, and it was a geis (tabu) to him to see that. Ibid. 373 Every man who entered the Fenian ranks had four geasa (gassa, i.e., tabus) laid upon him. 1928Observer 22 Jan. 5/4 Apparently a man could be either:—(1) Born under a ‘geis’ prohibiting certain actions on his part, or (2) Laid under ‘geis’ either at birth or any time during his life, either by divine or human agency. 1965New Statesman 23 July 129/2 In a sense which most Irish people will know, this put Fallon under a geas, a moral compulsion, to say his bit.
▪ II. geis(e
obs. form of geese, pl. of goose. |