gǽst
- noun [ masculine ]
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Him wæs gǽst geseald
a spirit was given to him,
- Cd. 201 ;
- Th. 249, 21 ;
- Dan. 533.
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Nyle he ǽngum ánum ealle gesyllan gǽstes snyttru
he will not give all wisdom of mind to any one man,
- Exon. 17 b ;
- Th. 43, 5 ;
- Cri. 684.
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Gúþlác in gǽste bær heofoncundne hyht
Guthlac bare heavenly hope in his spirit,
- Exon. 35 a ;
- Th. 112, 10 ;
- Gú. 141.
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Ðeáh ðe him onwrige wuldres cyning wísdómes gǽst
though the king of glory revealed to them the spirit of wisdom,
- Exon. 73 a ;
- Th. 273, 15 ;
- Jul. 516.
Bosworth, Joseph. “gǽst.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/13139.
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