gast
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of gast
before 1000; Middle English gasten, Old English gǣstan
Example Sentences
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Eft, �a�a seo halige cw�n hine asende, swa swa we n� hwene ǽr s�don, �a ferde his gast swyftlice, and mid lichamlicum w�pne �one Godes feond ofst�ng, his weard-setlum onlocigendum.
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
Eac swilce is se F�der gast and halig, and se Sunu is gast and halig untwylice; �eah-hw��ere se Halga Gast is synderlice geh�ten Halig Gast, ��t ��t h� ealle �ry sind gem�nelice.
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
"Dod gast the luck!" yelled Jones reaching for another lasso.
From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane
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
Vat de gut zperets zend, gast not out!
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)
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