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==Skundavisk==
==Skundavisk==
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Middle Skundavisk ''gēst'', from Old Skundavisk ''gēsta'', ''geista'', from Halmisk ''gaista'', ''gaistaŕ'', from Proto-Germanic ''*gaistaz''.
From Middle Skundavisk ''gēst'', from Old Skundavisk ''gēsta'', ''geista'', from Halmisk ''ᚷᚨᛁᛊᛏᚨ'' (''gaista''), ''ᚷᚨᛁᛊᛏᚨᛉ'' (''gaistaŕ''), from Proto-Germanic ''*gaistaz''.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
''(ghost)'' [[contionary:spook|spook]]
* ''(ghost)'' [[contionary:spook|spook]]
 
====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
====Related terms====
====Related terms====


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[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Skundavisk words]] [[Category:Skundavisk nouns]] [[Category:Skundavisk class 1 nouns]]

Latest revision as of 10:27, 13 November 2019

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk gēst, from Old Skundavisk gēsta, geista, from Halmisk ᚷᚨᛁᛊᛏᚨ (gaista), ᚷᚨᛁᛊᛏᚨᛉ (gaistaŕ), from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

geest m. (class 1, genitive geests, plural geests)

  1. spirit, mind
    Hi kam mid the wrange geest.
    He came with the wrong spirit.
  2. (archaic) ghost, phantom
    Geloofst thou in the bestand ther geests ?
    Do you believe in the existence of ghosts ?

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