gast

American  

[gast] / gæst /

verb (used with object)

Obsolete.

1. to terrify or frighten.

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Etymology

Origin of gast

before 1000; Middle English gasten, Old English gǣstan

Example Sentences

Note also the characteristic long a; as in swa for swo, so; gast, ghost; fra, fro; faas, foes.

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

Ongunnon �a oftorfian mid heardum stanum �one eadigan Stephanum; and h� clypode, and cw��, "Drihten Hǽlend, onf�h minne gast."

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham

"Let go, dod gast you!" he bellowed, jerking the lasso out of the professor's hands, while the albatross went flapping off, a long streamer of rope hanging from its neck.

From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by Goldfrap, John Henry

Laurentius andwyrde, "Ic offrige me sylfne �am �lmihtigan Gode on br��e wynsumnysse; for�an �e se gedrefeda gast is Gode andfenge ons�gednys."

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham

And h� mid �isum wordum ageaf his gast.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham