A (generally magical) vow, obligation or injunction placed upon someone to do or not do something, which typically brings harm if violated and blessings if obeyed.
Borrowed, like geis, from Irish geis ("injunction; taboo, prohibition, spell"). The pronunciation resembles geis, though the spelling matches its synonymous but heterophonous alternative form geas.
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