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Old Norse
Etymology
From Old English prēost, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).
Noun
prestr m (genitive prests, plural prestar)
- (Christianity) priest
Declension
Declension of prestr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “prestr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press