geneat

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old English ġenēat (“companion, follower, follower in battle; dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord”). Cognate with German Genosse (“comrade, etc.”) === Noun === geneat (plural geneat or geneats) (historical) A retainer; vassal; one who holds lands of a superior either by service or payment of rent. 1892, F. Seebohm in Hist. Rev. July 458: ==== Derived terms ==== geneatland === Further reading === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Geneat”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. === Anagrams === negate == Old English == === Alternative forms === ġenāeot — early === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *ganaut, from Proto-Germanic *ganautaz, equivalent to ġe- +‎ nēat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jeˈnæ͜ɑːt/ === Noun === ġenēat m a companion; associate; vassal ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== bēodġenēat ealdġenēat heorþġenēat ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: net, niet → Medieval Latin: neatus → English: geneat (learned)