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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
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.