Meaning of Geatish | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or pertaining to the Geats.

Examples

“This description does not fit the historical Hygelac, of course, but it clearly does reflect, accurately enough, the tradition of decadence which must have become attached to the Geatish royal house as a result of the decline and fall of the Geatish kingdom.”

““We have here, newly sprung from the sea, a band of Geatish warriors.””

“The Geatish digressions in the last episode of the poem take the audience from Hrethel's death to the deaths of all his sons and the succession of his grandson, Beowulf, though not in chronological order.”

“Beowulf's succession to the Geatish throne took place only because of the successive deaths of Hygelac and Heardred (who was killed in Onela's invasion of the land of the Geats).”

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