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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. III a. a person. Cf. similar use of soul :-- Duru sóna onarn þurh handhrine háliges gástes (at the touch, of St. Andrew's hand ),

      An. 1002 : 1623.
  • 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. III b. used of spiritual beings :-- God sendeþ his engla gástas tó ǽrendwrecum, Bl. H. 203, 14. III.c

    an incorporeal thing

    (fire, &c.) :-- Líg ealle forswealg, gǽsta gífrost,
      B. 1123: Cri. 814.
  • Þec gǽstas hergen, byrnende fýr and beorht sumor,

      Az. 94.
an incorporeal being, a spirit,
good
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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.
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v. frófor-gást, þegnung-gást.
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