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Gewis

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Gewis, Giwis, es; m.
Gewis, the great grandfather of Cerdic
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  • Se Cerdic wæs Elesing, Elesa Esling, Esla Gewising, Gewis Wiging

    Cerdic was the son of Elesa, Elesa the son of Esla, Elsa the son of Gewis, Gewis the son of Wig,

    • Chr. 495
      • ;
    • Erl. 2, 5
      • :
    • 597
      • ;
    • Erl. 20, 7
      • .

  • Giwis,

    • 552
      • ;
    • Erl. 16, 19
      • .
  • According to Asset it was from this name that the term Gevissæ, applied by Bede to the West Saxons, was derived. 'Gewis, a quo Britone totam illam gentem Gegwis nominant,' see
    • Grmm. Gesch. D. S. 458
    .

  • For the use by Bede, see

    • Bd. 3, 7-'Gens Occidentalium Saxonum qui antiquitus Gevissæ vocabantur ... primum Gevissorum gentem ingrediens,'
    where the translation has 'West Seaxna þeód ... Ðá com he ǽrest upp on West Seaxum.'

    • See also 4, 15, 16.

  • Smith's note on the word is 'Gevissæ. Saxonicum est pro Occidentalium. Sic Visigothi præposita tantum Saxonica expletiva

    Ge. '
    • See Thorpe's Lappenberg i. 109, note.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Gewis.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16842.

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