gast

[ gast ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, Obsolete.

Origin of gast¹

before 1000; Middle English gasten, Old English gǣstan

Hit is riht at we herien ankin bledscin fader sune hali gast on a hali rinnesse.

Da cw Maria: Min saule mersed drihten, and min gast geblissode on gode minen hlende.

As to Mrs. Gast, I should be glad to know what I would refuse to a sister of yours.

It first takes a medial vowel between the two words of the compound, and becomes Pend-e-gast.

Up leaps Mr. Garrick, so suddenly as to knock the paint-pot from Gast's hand.

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