Home › Words › G › gesithcundmangesithcundmangesithcundman · noun — A gesith.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyLearned borrowing from Old English ġesīþcund man / mon, equivalent to gesithcund + -man.nounA gesith.e.g.“The gesiths, gesithmen, or gesithcundmen, were the military companions or followers of the Anglo-Saxon chiefs and Kings.” — 1830, John Allen, Inquiry into the Rise and Growth of the Royal Prerogative in England, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, page 149:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.gesithman 91% match — A gesith. vs gesithcundman →gesithcund 76% match — Having the rank of a gesith (member of the king's retinue) in medieval England; well-born. vs gesithcundman →gesith 70% match — A companion to an athel or king in medieval England; a thegn; a comrade vs gesithcundman →eorlcundman 57% match — A kinsman of an Anglo-Saxon eorl. vs gesithcundman →comitatus 53% match — A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader. vs gesithcundman →dreng 52% match — A kind of feudal free tenant with military duties, mentioned in the Domesday Book. vs gesithcundman →fyrdman 52% match — An English militiaman of the Saxon period; often a land worker called to arms in support of the king or a local lord, and usually armed with a spear and shield. vs gesithcundman →duniewassal 52% match — A gentleman from the Scottish Highlands. vs gesithcundman →