Meaning of geis | Babel Free

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

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Examples

“[In] 36a we read⟳ that there was (19) a geis upon ships to leave⟳ the 'port' of Athens till someone had defeated Atalanta in a running race⟳. The nature and function of the geis that lay⟳ upon objects appears to better advantage, however, in one of the stories about Ailill Dock-Ear.”

“'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 ...”

“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.”

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