Page:An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language.djvu/138

Ges  gislaht, ‘well brought up, noble, well behaved’; ', ‘uncouth, unwieldy, boorish,’ even in  ungeslaht,  ungislaht, ‘ignoble, base.’ Allied to  ',, ‘species, race, extraction, family,’ from  geslehte, , ‘race, tribe, family, quality,’  gislahti;   slahta, , ‘race, family,’  slahta, ‘manner, relation’; akin also to  (e.g. , ‘race of men’), not found in  and. It is difficult to determine the relation of these cognates to ; even in slahan itself means ‘to take after, resemble’ (e.g. nâh dên fordôrôn slahan, ‘to resemble one's ancestors’), for which in late  nâch-slahen occurs,. Probably the  in  once had the meaning ‘to beget,’ which cannot now be authenticated; of this   gislaht, ‘of good quality,’ would be an old  in to (see, , ), with a development of meaning similar to that of. gentil, to  gentilis.  ,, ‘ornaments, trinkets, jewels,’ from gesmîde, , ‘metal, metal utensils or weapons, ornaments,’  gismîdi, , ‘metal,’ and the variant smîda, ; from the root smī̆, widely diffused in , ‘to work in metal,’ with which  smeidar, ‘artificer in metals,’ and the cognates discussed under , are connected. So too , ‘pliant, flexible, tractable, smooth,’ from gesmîdec, ‘easy to work, plastic.’   ,, ‘fly-blows, eggs (of insects), vermin,’ from gesmeiȥe, , ‘excrement’; akin to.   ,, ‘shot, missile, dart,’ even geschoȥ,  giscoȥ, , akin to. So too , ‘artillery, ordnance,’ even in geschütze,, ‘arms, weapons for shooting,’ occurs as a collective of.  , with a subj. to be supplied, ‘much less, to say nothing of, I am silent about it,’ &c. —  , ‘to pass by in silence, omit mentioning,’ a factitive of, from gesweigen,  gisweigen, ‘to reduce to silence.’ See. , and, ‘swift(ly), rapid(ly), quick(ly),’ from geswinde,  and , ‘quick(ly), vehement(ly)'; in earlier  ,  swinde (swint), ‘powerful, strong, quick.’ In  the  is wanting (yet the proper names  Amalswind and Adalswind are recorded). The meaning is ‘strong’; the development of meaning to ‘quick’ is similar to that of ;  swinþs, ‘strong, powerful, healthy,’  svinnr, ‘intelligent,’  swið, ‘strong, violent,’ show various aspects of the primary meaning. The origin of the cognates is obscure; its relation to is dubious.  ,, from the   geswister (geswisterde),  , ‘brothers and sisters,’  giswistar, ; akin to.   ,, ‘swelling, tumour,’ from the  geswër,  geswulst, akin to.   ,, from the  geswër,  ‘abscess,’ akin to.   ,, ‘comrade, apprentice, journeyman,’ from gesęlle,  gisęllo,  ‘fellow-occupant or lodger,’ then generally ‘companion, friend’ (in late  ‘journeyman’ also); akin to. Hence the derivatives, gesęllec, ‘associate, combined,’  ;  gesęllecheit, ‘relation as a comrade’;  gesęllen, ‘to unite, combine,’ , ‘to associate.’ For the meaning of  in ,.  <section begin="Gesetz" /> ,, ‘law, decree, statute,’ from the  gesętze, of which the variant gesętzede occurs in the same sense,  gisęzzida, ; akin to , whence also. <section end="Gesetz" /> <section begin="Gesicht" /> ,, ‘sight, countenance,’ from gesiht,  gisiht, , ‘seeing, view, dream, sense of sight,’ akin to. <section end="Gesicht" /> <section begin="Gesims" /> , see. <section end="Gesims" /> <section begin="Gesinde" /> ,, ‘domestics, servants,’ from gesinde,  gisindi, , ‘suite, followers in war’; collective of  gesint(d),  gisind, ‘follower,’  ‘one who joins in a sind,’ from  sind, , ‘journey, expedition’; corresponding to  sîð, ‘journey,’ whence gesîð, ‘companion, fellow-traveller,’  sinþs, ‘journey’ (gasinþa, ‘fellow-traveller’). To the sinþa- (from pre- sénto-) corresponds  sét, ‘way.’ See  and. — ', ‘rabble, mob, vagabonds,’  of ', also used in a contemptuous sense, so even in late  gesindelœhe, gesindelach (with a collective suffix). — <section end="Gesinde" /> <section begin="Gespan" /> ,, ‘companion,’ from the  gespan;  perhaps ‘one who is yoked along with another.’   gajukô, ‘comrade,’  ‘yoke-fellow.’ <section end="Gespan" /> <section begin="Gespenst" /> ,, ‘spectre, ghost,’ from Mid<section end="Gespenst" />