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§7; §133; §298; §306; §315; §335; §419;
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breath
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  • Oroþ oððe gást

    flamen

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 12
      • :
    • An. Ox. 18, 43.
spirit, ghost, principle of life
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  • Ic eallunga unástyrigendlic bútan gáste læg,

    • Hml. S. 23 b, 576.

  • Sóna swá hé þás word gecwæð, hé his gást onsende,

    • Bl. H. 191, 29.

  • Heó ágeaf hire gást,

    • Shrn. 72, 13.
spirit in contrast with body, the immaterial part of man
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  • Seoþþan se líchoma and se gást gedǽlde beóþ,

    • Bl. 111, 30.

  • Úre gást biþ swíþe wíde farende úrum unwillum,

    • Bt. 34, II
      • ;
    • F. 152, 3.

  • Gefeáde gaast (spiritus) mín in Gode,

    • Lk. L. l, 47.

  • Gebyrað ꝥ hig gebiddon on gáste,

    • Jn. 4, 24.

  • Sóþfæste sáwle, gást háligne,

    • Chr. 1065
      • ;
    • P. 193, 21.

  • Eádige beóþ þearfena gástas,

    • Bl. H. 159, 29.

  • Gehiérsume ðǽm ðe úre gǽsta (gásta, v. l.) Fæder bið,

    • Past. 255, 8.
a person. Cf. similar use of soul
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  • Duru sóna onarn þurh handhrine háliges gástes (at the touch, of St. Andrew's hand ),

    • An. 1002
      • :
    • 1623
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  • Gewít þú mid híwum on þæt hof (the ark) gangan, gásta werode,

    • Gen. 1346.

  • Hé þám leódum sende hálige gástas (the prophets), þá þám werude wísdóm budon,

    • Dan. 26.
used of spiritual beings
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  • God sendeþ his engla gástas tó ǽrendwrecum,

    • Bl. H. 203, 14.
an incorporeal thing (fire, &c.)
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  • Líg ealle forswealg, gǽsta gífrost,

    • B. 1123
      • :
    • Cri. 814.

  • Þec gǽstas hergen, byrnende fýr and beorht sumor,

    • Az. 94.
an incorporeal being, a spirit,
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  • Mid þreáte háligra gásta,

    • Bl. H. 95, 7.

  • Englas beóð tó ðegnunge gǽstum on world sended,

    • 209, 23.
bad
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  • Se forhwyrfda gást,

    • Bl. H. 31, 4.

  • Mid áwyridum gástum

    furiis, i. malignis spiritibus

    ,
    • An. Ox. 4666.
divine spirit
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  • His þegnas wǽron þágyt flǽsclices módes, and nǽron mid gástes mægene getremede,

    • Bl. H. 17, 6.
the soul of a deceased person , spoken of as inhabiting the unseen world
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  • Huæt his gástæ æfter deóthdæge doemid uueorthae,

    • Txts. 149, 19.

  • Fóe se hláford to and ðá hígon and þæt lond mínum gáste nytt gedóen,

    • C. D. i. 311, 19.

  • Hig samod restað on ánre byrgenne, and þá gástas samod gefeóð on ánum wuldre,

    • Mart. H. 214, 19.
Similar entries
v. frófor-gást, þegnung-gást.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gást.” 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/46964.

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