Geis

Quick meaning: Geis is a noun meaning Synonym of geas (“a mystical injunction: a prohibition, or obligation/compulsion”).

Meaning

Synonym of geas (“a mystical injunction: a prohibition, or obligation/compulsion”).

More Meanings

1. plural of gei

Example Sentences

The púca scrunched up his face in puzzlement and rubbed his bald head. Glad he should be, his geis fulfilled and the Good God satisfied.

“I place a geis upon you, my son,” I rasped, my eyes burning with impending wrath. I pressed my palm to his chest and conjured my symbol, the mark which tied a Faelorehn life to my service.

Before she died, she placed a geis upon me, that all the glamour I would ever be capable of possessing would gather in my hair. She did it so they wouldn't kill me, too, but because of that, I have never been free.

'In some cases a geis is imposed by one man upon another, often by means of a successful exploit, as when Cu Chulainn lays a geis upon the Connachtmen, binding them not to pass the ford until someone has removed the branch which he has .

Word Forms

• geises

Synonyms for geis

Depending on context, synonyms include geas.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include base, qin, reb, kee, kai, kei.

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