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Definition of Geste
1. v. i. To tell stories or gests.
Definition of Geste
1. gest [n -S] - See also: gest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geste
Literary usage of Geste
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Traditions of European Literature: From Homer to Dante by Barrett Wendell (1920)
"... there came into existence a great number of heroic narrative poems, of which
the earlier are commonly called Chansons de geste, or Songs of Deeds, ..."
2. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1890)
"The evidence is made complete by a close correspondence of the matter of the "
Morte Arthure" with the " geste of Arthure " as described by ..."
3. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"A LYTELL geste OF ROBYN HODE. THREE complete editions of this highly popular poem
are known, all without date. The earliest, (perhaps not later than 1520,) ..."
4. A Summary of the Literatures of Modern Europe: (England, France, Germany by Marian Edwardes (1907)
"... CENTURY extant of this geste de Guillaume. Ed., WJA Jonckbloet, " Guillaume
d'Orange, Chansons de geste des xie et ..."
5. Remains of the Early Popular Poetry of England by William Carew Hazlitt (1864)
"... lerned his pater noster. geste how the plowman [Woodcut of four labourers.
... and among the rest to the " geste how the plowman lerned his pater noster ..."
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