Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gesithcundman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gesith-cund-man
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"The gesiths, gesithmen, or gesithcundmen, were the military companions or followers of the Anglo-Saxon chiefs and Kings."
"The penalty of the adultery of the gesithcundman goes to his lord, ‘according to ancient usage.’"
"Now, if we might regard the gesithcundman as one of a class to whom ten hides or twenty hides had been allotted by King Ine on a system providing in this practical way inter alia for the night’s entertainments, it would be natural that the food rent of the unit of ten hides should be fixed."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ġesīþcund man / mon, equivalent to gesithcund + -man.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gesithcund

Inflected Forms

gesithcundmen (plural)

Questions

What does gesithcundman mean?: A gesith.
Where does gesithcundman come from?: Learned borrowing from Old English ġesīþcund man / mon, equivalent to gesithcund + -man.

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