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 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 ?

Synonyms

• (ghost) spook