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

Strong declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gisunt	gisunde	gisunt	gisunde	gisunt	gisundu
accusative	gisundan	gisunde	gisunt	gisunde	gisunda	gisundu
genitive	gisundis	gisundro	gisundis	gisundro	gisundro	gisundrō
dative	gisundon	gisundon	gisundon	gisundon	gisundro	gisundon
Weak declension
	masculine		neuter		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gisundo	gisundu	gisunda	gisundu	gisunda	gisundu
accusative	gisundin	gisundin	gisunda	gisundin	gisundin	gisundin
genitive	gisundin	gisundno	gisundin	gisundno	gisundin	gisundno
dative	gisundin	gisundon	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

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