Log in or Sign up
geneat love

geneat

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Anglo-Saxon history, a vassal; one holding land for service or rent.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun historical A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Old English ġenēat ("companion, follower, follower in battle; dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord"), from Proto-Germanic *ganautaz (“comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”). Cognate with West Frisian genoat ("comrade, companion"), Dutch genoot ("companion, mate"), German Genosse ("companion, comrade, fellow"), Icelandic nautur ("comrade, companion, fellow"). More at note, neat.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word geneat.

Examples

  • The chief man in the village was the manorial lord, a _thane_, who had his demesne land, and his _gafol_ land, or _geneat_ land, which was land held in villeinage, and cultivated by _geneats_, or persons holding by service.

    English Villages 1892

  • _heorth-geneat_ (hearth-companion, or vassal) of a king named Higelac.

    English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

  • Again, the laws of King Edgar relating to tithe ordain "that God's church be entitled to every right, and that every tithe be rendered to the old minster to which the district belongs, and be then so paid, both from the thane's inland and from geneat land, as the plough traverses it.

    The Customs of Old England

Log in or sign up to add your own related words.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.