gestr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (*gastiʀ) (attested in several name compounds), from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, whence come also Old English ġiest, Old High German gast. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Noun

gestr m (genitive gests, plural gestir)

  1. guest

Declension

Declension of gestr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gestr gestrinn gestir gestirnir
accusative gest gestinn gesti gestina
dative gest gestinum gestum gestunum
genitive gests gestsins gesta gestanna

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gestr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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