gens, n.
1. (personnes, peuple) dryht/driht (f. i), v.n. drótt (f.), v.h.a. truht (f.), v.s. druht-, v.fr. dracht/drecht ♦ dryhtguman/drihtguman (m. pl. an) ♦ firas/fyras (m. pl. ja), v.n. firar, v.h.a. firiha/fira ♦ folc (nt. a) > a.m. folk, v.n. fólk (nt.), v.h.a. folk (nt. a) > all.m. Volk, v.s. folk/folc (nt.), v.fr. folk (nt.) ♦ (ge)waran (m. pl. an) ♦ i(e)lde/e(a)lde/ælde/ylde (m. pl. i), v.s. eldī (pl.) ♦ lēode, v.n. lýðir, v.h.a. liuti > all.m. Leute {m. pl. i}, v.s. liudī, v.fr. liode/liude ♦ menn (m. pl. th. rac.) ♦ mennisc (nt. a) ♦ niþþas (m. pl. a) ♦ þēod (f. ō), got. þiuda (f. ō), v.n. þjóf (f.), v.h.a. thiot (f. ō et ōn), v.s. thiod(a), v.fr. thiade ♦ weras (m. pl. a) ♦ werþēode. les gens (on) man. gens d’une région/d’un district scīr (f. ō) > a.m. shire, v.h.a. scīra ♦ scīrfolc (nt. a). gens du peuple ceorlfolc (nt. a) ♦ folc ←. groupe de gens gefēre (nt.) ♦ gegaderung (f. ō) > a.m. gathering. groupe de gens formant un cercle (h)ring/hrincg > a.m. ring, v.n. hringr, m.h.a. (h)ring > all.m. Ring {m. a}.
2. jeunes gens geoguþ/ge(o)goþ/gi(o)goþ/geogaþ/giogaþ/iuguþ/ēogoþ (f. ō) > a.m. youth, v.h.a. jugund, v.s. juduđ, v.fr. jogethe. groupe de jeunes gens mæg(e)þhād/meiþhād (m. a), v.h.a. magadheit (f. i), v.s. magađhēd.
3. (train, suite) heorþwerod (nt. a) ♦ inweorud (nt. a) ♦ þeg(e)nscipe (m. i), v.s. theganskepi ♦ þeg(e)nscolu (f. ō) ♦ þeg(e)nweorud/þeg(e)nwe(o)rod (nt. a).