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#:: ''He came with the wrong '''spirit'''.'' | #:: ''He came with the wrong '''spirit'''.'' | ||
# ''(archaic)'' ghost, phantom | # ''(archaic)'' ghost, phantom | ||
#:''Geloofst thou in the bestand ther '''geests''' | #:''Geloofst thou in the bestand ther '''geests''' ?'' | ||
#:: ''Do you believe in the existence of '''ghosts''' | #:: ''Do you believe in the existence of '''ghosts''' ?'' | ||
====Usage notes==== | ====Usage notes==== | ||
Revision as of 13:50, 29 October 2018
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. (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