Etymology

geis

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Today it means: Synonym of geas (“a mystical injunction: a prohibition, or obligation/compulsion”). Full definition →

Irish geis
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  1. Irish · borrowed fromgeis
  2. Irish · borrowed fromgeis
  3. English todaygeis

Borrowed from Irish geis.

Words from the same roots

Irishgeis all →

geas

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