gestr

See also: gestr.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gastiz, whence come also Old English ġiest, Old High German gast, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis.

Noun

gestr m (genitive gests, plural gestir)

1. guest

Declension

  Declension of gestr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gestr	gestrinn	gestir	gestirnir
accusative	gest	gestinn	gesti	gestina
dative	gest	gestinum	gestum	gestunum
genitive	gests	gestsins	gesta	gestanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: gestur
• Faroese: gestur
• Norwegian: gjest
• Old Swedish: gæster
  • Swedish: gäst
• Old Danish: gæst
  • Danish: gæst
• → Middle English: gest
  • English: guest

References

• “gestr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press