gästabud

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish gæstabudh, equivalent to gäst +‎ -a- +‎ bud (“invitation”). Compare Danish gæstebud, Icelandic gestaboð, Norwegian Nynorsk gjestebod, Norwegian Bokmål gjestebud.

Noun

gästabud n

1. (dated) feast (large and elaborately prepared meal, usually for many persons)

Declension

Declension of gästabud

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gästabud	gästabuds
	definite	gästabudet	gästabudets
plural	indefinite	gästabud	gästabuds
	definite	gästabuden	gästabudens

References

• “gästabud”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “gästabud”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “gästabud”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)