2. Noun. (plural of geat) ¹
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Definition of Geats
1. geat [n] - See also: geat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geats
Literary usage of Geats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by John Lesslie Hall (1892)
"V. THE geats REACH HEOROT. The chief of the strangers rendered him answer,
War-troopers' leader, and word-treasure opened : " We are sprung from the lineage ..."
2. The Anglo-Saxon Sagas: An Examination of Their Value as Aids to History; a by Daniel Henry Haigh (1861)
"Then he let Beowulf hold the throne, rule the geats; that " was a good king.
He remembered retribution, for that " ruin of the people, in later days. ..."
3. The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1905)
"The Danes dwelt in Seeland, and their chief town was there; the geats in Scandinavia,
in Gotaland, and their king's town was on the west roast ..."
4. English Poems by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1910)
"geats: a people living in the south of Sweden; perhaps the Jutes. ... The wars
and quarrels between the geats and their neighbors referred to in this part ..."
5. Angevin Britain and Scandinavia by Henry Goddard Leach (1921)
"writer finds the equation of the geats with the Jutes in Jutland more convincing.
This conclusion is derived from a study of the wars of the geats. ..."
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