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† geton Obs.
Forms: 4–5 geten, 5 geto(u)n, gettorne, guytorne, gyton(e, gytton, gyttorne, 5–6 gitton, 6 getton, getorn.
[Of obscure origin: the sense would suggest identity with F. guidon (see guidon), which is recorded only from the 16th c.; but the form is difficult to explain.]
A small flag: see quot. c 1500.
1392Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 152 De ij getens de armis Sancti Georgii. 1420Siege Rouen 1214 in Archæol. XXII. 380 There was many a getoun gay, With mychille & grete aray. c1420Lydg. Assemb. Gods 970 Penowns & guytornes many a score. 1437in Dugdale Antiq. Warwicksh. (1656) 327 Item, a Gyton for the Shippe of viij yerdis longe. c1440Promp. Parv. 197/1 Gytone, conscisorium. c1500MS. Harl. 838 in Archæol. XXII. (1829) 396 Euery baronet..shal haue hys baner displeyd in ye field yf he be chyef capteyn, euery knyght his penoun, euery squier or gentleman hys getoun or standard..A stremer shal be slyt & so shal a standard as well as a getoun; a getoun shall berr y⊇ lenght of ij yardes, a standard of iii or 4 yardes, & a stremer of xii. xx. xl. or lx yardes long. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. clxix. [clxv.] 478 Great pleasure it was..to se their standardes, getorns, and penons, wauynge in the wynde. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 17 The Baners, Penons, Standerdes, and Gittons. |