giest

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ji͜yst/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gasti.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Saxon gast, Middle Dutch gast (Dutch gast), Old High German gast (German Gast), Old Norse gestr (Swedish gäst), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts, “stranger”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin hostis (“enemy”), Old Church Slavonic ⰳⱁⱄⱅⱐ (gostĭ), гость (gostĭ) (Russian гость (gostʹ)) and Polish gość.

Alternative forms

Noun

ġiest m (West Saxon)

  1. stranger
  2. guest
  3. (poetic) enemy
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġiest ġiestas
accusative ġiest ġiestas
genitive ġiestes ġiesta
dative ġieste ġiestum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: yest

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *jestu. Cognate with Middle Dutch gest, gist (modern Dutch gist), Old Norse jǫstr (Swedish jäst).

Alternative forms

Noun

ġiest m (West Saxon)

  1. yeast
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġiest ġiestas
accusative ġiest ġiestas
genitive ġiestes ġiesta
dative ġieste ġiestum
Descendants
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