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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=== | ||
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
- 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