gest

gest
/jest/, n.
1. a story or tale.
2. a deed or exploit.
3. Archaic. a metrical romance or history.
Also, geste.
[1250-1300; ME < OF geste action, exploit < L gesta exploits, neut. pl. ptp. of gerere to carry on, perform]

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also spelled  geste 

      a story of achievements or adventures. Among several famous medieval collections of gests are Fulcher of Chartres's Gesta Francorum, Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum, and the compilation known as the Gesta Romanorum. The term was also used to refer to a romance in verse.

      The word is ultimately from the Latin gesta, meaning “deeds” or “exploits.”

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