gesithcund
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gesithcund
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Old English ġesīþcund.
adjective
- Having the rank of a gesith (member of the king's retinue) in medieval England; well-born. The eorlcundman is worth his high wergild even if he be landless: the ceorl may attain to thegn-right and yet his children to the third generation will not be gesithcund.
Talk about this word "gesithcund." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gesithcund. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gesithcund. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gesithcund "gesithcund." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gesithcund.Cite this
@misc{gesithcund_2026,
title = {gesithcund},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gesithcund},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}