Talk:Gewisse

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If the word means the same as the German word "gewiss" than the meaning would be "The certain ones." as in "I'm certain that..."80.235.69.5 (talk) 08:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I believe tha Saklavatla suggests that the Gewisse were basically a gang formed to seize plunder & territory along the Thames Valley and into what became Wessex - not dissimilar to the Krays' Gang called the "Firm" and may have been comprised of men who were not even Saxon such as Cerdic, who has a Celtic name, the Roman version of which was "Caractacus". Thus the idea of "Gewis" being an ancestor mistakes the nature of this group--Streona (talk) 17:09, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Map of Gewisse?
I'd like to know if anyone could provide a map of the area and dates covered by this group.

Twillisjr (talk) 16:39, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Sentence removed - grammatical misunderstanding
I have removed the following passage:


 * Another possibility is that it was named after a region in Sub-Roman Britain known as Gewissorum, evidenced by the title dux Gewissorum purportedly held by Eudaf Hen and Vortigern.

As explained in the edit summary, this is based on ignorance of Latin grammar. "Gewissorum" is a Latin genitive plural, "of the Gewisse", and can only refer to an ethnic or dynastic group, not a region. Nicknack009 (talk) 12:46, 30 October 2022 (UTC) Nicknack009 (talk) 12:46, 30 October 2022 (UTC)