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ge-neát

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ge-neát, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§225;
A companion, associate, vassal
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  • Big-standaþ me strange geneátas ða ne willaþ me æt ðam stríðe geswícan

    strong companions stand by me who will not fail me at the strife,

      Cd. 15; Th. 18, 36;Gen. 284.
  • Geneát inquilinus, Cot. 108:

    parasitus,

    152.
  • Byrhtwold wæs eald geneát [or eald-geneát, q.v.] Be cyninges geneáte

    of a king's

    'geneat,'
      L. In. 19; th. i. 114, 9: Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 3.
  • Be ðon ðe monnes geneát stalige

    in case a man's 'geneát' steal,

      L. In. 22, Th. i. 116, 9.
Etymology
[Icel. nautr: O. H. Ger. ganóz, Grff. ii. 1125: Ger. genoss.]
Derived forms
DER. beód-, heorþ-geneát.
Similar entries
v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. i. 149; Kemble's 'Saxons in England,' i. c. vii; Schmid A. S. Ger. s.v.
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  • ge-neát, n.