gisunt

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gasund. Cognates include Old English ġesund, Old High German gisunt and Old Saxon gisund. Compare also English sound

Pronunciation

• (early) IPA^(key): /ɣisunt/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ɣizunt/

Adjective

gisunt

1. in good condition
   1. (of journeys and travels) safe, prosperous
      • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

        gisunda farht duon sal uns got saldano unsero

        The God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us. (Psalms 67:20)

2. sound, healthy
   • c. 1100 CE, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible:

     In ther seluer stúnt. wart ther kuning wole gesunt.

     At the same time, the king became wholly sound.

Inflection

Declension of gisunt (a-stem)

strong declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	gisunt	gisunt	gisunt	gisunda, gisunde
accusative	gisundan, gisunden	gisunda	gisunt	gisunda, gisunde
genitive	gisundes	gisundero	gisundes	gisundero
dative	gisundin, gisundemo	gisundero	gisundin, gisundemo	gisundon
weak declension
case	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	gisundo	gisunda	gisunda	gisundon
accusative	gisundon	gisundon	gisunda	gisundon
genitive	gisundin	gisundon	gisundin	gisundono
dative	gisundin	gisundon	gisundin	gisundon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: gesont
  • Dutch: gezond
    • Afrikaans: gesond
    • Jersey Dutch: xjezónd
    • Negerhollands: gesond, gesont
    • → Sranan Tongo: gesontu
      • → Aukan: gusontu
      • → Caribbean Javanese: kheson

Further reading

• “gisunt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gasund, whence also Old English ġesund. Compare Dutch gezond, and Swedish sund.

Adjective

gisunt

1. healthy

Descendants

• Middle High German: gesunt
  • Bavarian: gsund

    Cimbrian: gazùnt, gesunt (Luserna)

  • Central Franconian: gesond, jesond, jesonk (Ripuarian)
  • German: gesund
  • Hunsrik: gesund
  • Luxembourgish: gesond
  • Yiddish: געזונט (gezunt)