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Revision as of 16:28, 11 February 2019
Skundavisk
Etymology
From Middle Skundavisk gēst, from Old Skundavisk gēsta, geista, from Halmisk gaista, gaistaŕ, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɟe:st/
Noun
geest m. (class 1, genitive geests, plural geests)
- spirit, mind
- Hi kam mid the wrange geest.
- He came with the wrong spirit.
- Hi kam mid the wrange geest.
- (archaic) ghost, phantom
- Geloofst thou in the bestand ther geests ?
- Do you believe in the existence of ghosts ?
- Geloofst thou in the bestand ther geests ?
Usage notes
Synonyms
(ghost) spook