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gistian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
gistian, p. ode
To be a guest, be lodged in another's house
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  • On wrigylse fiðra þínra ic gystige (

    I will lodge? The Latin is exultabo ),

      Ps. Cam. 62, 8.
  • Líf mánfull tó gystigenne of húse on hús

    uita nequam hospitandi de domo in domum

    (it is a miserable life to go from house to house,
      Ecclus. 29, 24), Scint. 153, 15.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. guest; vb. Icel. gista to pass the night at another's house.]
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