preost

Middle English

Noun

preost

1. Alternative form of prest (“priest”)

Old English

Etymology

From Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre͜oːst/

Noun

prēost m

1. priest
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare man ġehālgode Tātwine tō ærċebisċeop, sēo wæs ǣr in Mercum preost in Brēodūne. Hine hālgodan Daniel Wæntan bisċeop ⁊ Ingwald Lunden bisċeop ⁊ Aldwine Licetfelda ƀ ⁊ Aldulf Rofesċeastre ƀ...

     And in the same year [731], Tatwine, who was previously a priest in Breodun, Mercia, was ordained archbishop. He was ordained by Daniel bishop of Winchester, Ingwald bishop of London, Aldwine bishop of Lichfield, and Aldwulf bishop of Rochester...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	prēost	prēostas
accusative	prēost	prēostas
genitive	prēostes	prēosta
dative	prēoste	prēostum

Synonyms

• *gydda
• sacerd
• ǣweweard (poetic)

Descendants

• Middle English: prest, preest
  • English: priest
  • Scots: preest, priest
• Old Norse: prestr
  • Danish: præst
  • → Greenlandic: palasi
  • Faroese: prestur
  • Icelandic: prestur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: prest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: prest
  • Swedish: präst