Gewis
- noun [ masculine ]
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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 .
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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
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For the use by Bede, see
- Bd. 3, 7-'Gens Occidentalium Saxonum qui antiquitus Gevissæ vocabantur ... primum Gevissorum gentem ingrediens,'
- See also 4, 15, 16.
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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.
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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