English
gesithcund
Gesithcund comes from Old English ġesīþcund ‘genteel, well-born’, from ġesīþ ‘companion’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gasinþô.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gasinþô‘companion, comrade’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gasinþreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġesīþ‘companion’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ġesīþcund‘genteel, well-born’
- Englishearliest quotation 1874gesithcund
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gasinþô‘companion, comrade’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gasinþreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġesīþ‘companion’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ġesīþcund‘genteel, well-born’
- Englishearliest quotation 1874gesithcund
Earliest quotation: 1874, William Stubbs: “The eorlcundman is worth his high wergild even if…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *gasinþô
Today it means
adj Having the rank of a gesith (member of the king's retinue) in medieval England; well-born.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gasinþô / gesithcund