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geˈsith O.E. Antiq.
[OE. ᵹesíþ companion = OS. gisîð, OHG. gi-sind (Ger. gesind).]
An attendant or companion of a king; hence, like med.L. comes count, used as a designation of rank.
1861Pearson Early & Mid. Ages Eng. 72 Dependent on the king, and on the nobles, were the gesith or thanes. 1881Athenæum 17 Sept. 360/2 The personal followers, the gesiths or thegns, on the one hand, and on the other the independent nobility and the national militia.
b. attrib., as gesith-socn, an alleged Old English division of the county.
(But the word is spurious: see Stubbs Sel. Charters Glossary s.v. Sithessocna, and Bosw.-Toller s.v. Scip-fylleð.)
1872E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. 118 Every county was at this time divided into Hundreds and Gesith-socns. |