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ge-hyrstan

  • verb
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ge-hyrstan, to murmur.
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Etymology
[From ge-hwistran?: for hy- = hwy-(-i) cf. ymb-hyrft = ymb-hwyrft,
    Mt. L. p. 1, 2; for metathesis cf. (?) gyrstan- =gestran-. The word might then be compared with whistren to whisper, and with hwǽstrian, q. v.
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