giesthus

Old English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gastihūs, equivalent to ġiest (“guest”) +‎ hūs (“house”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈji͜yst.xuːs/, [ˈji͜yst.huːs]

Noun

ġiesthūs n

  1. a guesthouse
  2. a guest-chamber

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġiesthūs ġiesthūs
accusative ġiesthūs ġiesthūs
genitive ġiesthūses ġiesthūsa
dative ġiesthūse ġiesthūsum

Descendants

  • Middle English: gesthus, gystehus, gessthus, gest hous (partly calqued from Old Norse)

References

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