Contionary:geest

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)

1. spirit, mind

   Hi kam mid ðe wrange geest.

   He came with the wrong spirit.

2. (archaic) ghost, phantom

   Geloofst ðou in the bestand ðer geests ?

   Do you believe in the existence of ghosts ?

Synonyms

• (ghost) spook