gero

Gero I (c. 900 –  20 May 965), called the Great (Latin magnus), ruled an initially modest march centred on Merseburg, which he expanded into a vast territory named after him the marca Geronis. During the mid-10th century, he was the leader of the Saxon Drang nach Osten.
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v. generate, create; bring forth; engender, beget; reproduce, breed; procreate, father; sire

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bear| carry| wear; carry on; manage| govern; (se gerere = to conduct oneself)