ghest
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]ghest (plural ghests)
- Obsolete form of guest.
- 1584, Reginald Scot, The diſcouerie of witchcraft, […] [1], page 96:
- Yea he verifieth the ſtarkeſt lie that euer was inuented, of the two alewiues that vsed to tranſforme all their gheſts into horſſes, and to ſell them awaie at markets and faires.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 22:10:
- So thoſe ſeruants went out into the high wayes, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good, and the wedding was furniſhed with gheſts.
Cimbrian
[edit]Verb
[edit]ghest
- Reduced form of ghèsset: past participle of èssan