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gist-hús

  • noun [ neuter ]
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gist-hús, (<b>gæst-hús,</b> q. v. in Dict.), es; n.
A place of entertainment for strangers, a guest-chamber, hostel, hospice, an inn
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  • Gisthús ælðeódigra manna

    zenodochium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 58, 51.
  • Gysthúses méd

    hospitii merces,

      Nap. 57, 10.
  • Mæg hé witan ꝥ hé bið on sýðfæte and wel gysthúses beþearf,

      Ll. Th. ii. 430, 25.
  • Ðone gewundedan ðe mon lǽdde helfcuicne tó ðǽm giesðhúse (giest-,

    v. l.) (ad stabulum ),

      Past.125, 8.
  • In gesthúse

    in diversorio,

      Lk. R. L. 2, 7: Hml. Th. i. 116, 1.
  • Befrán se hálga wer on hwæs gesthúse hí metes onbirigdon, ii. 168, 2.
  • Onféng hé þá in his gesthúse (

    hospitio

    ),
      Gr. D. 194, 13.
  • Ic wæs cuma and gé mé underféngon on eówrum gesthúsum,

      Wlfst. 288, 16: Hml, Th. ii. 286, 12.
  • ¶ used of permanent lodging :-- Eustachius gelǽdde hí intó his gesthúse (cf. hé ðær drohtnode fíftýne geár, l. 216). . . þá cwæð hé tó þám húshláforde . . ., Hml. S. 30, 258.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. gast-hús diversorium, hospitium.]
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  • gist-hús, n.