A dialectal or archaic term, possibly referring to a creature or being of a particular kind, though the exact meaning is obscure and rarely used in modern English.
Origin uncertain; possibly related to Latin 'genitus' (begotten, born) or confused with variant spellings of 'genie' or 'jennet' (a small horse); the word is so archaic that its true etymology is difficult to trace.
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