giestranæfen

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġyrstanǣfen, ġierstanǣfen

Etymology

From ġiestran +‎ ǣfen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji͜ys.trɑnˌæː.fen/, [ˈji͜ys.trɑnˌæː.ven]

Noun

ġiestranǣfen m (West Saxon)

1. yesterday evening; yesterevening

Declension

Declension of giestranæfen (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġiestranǣfen	ġiestranǣfennas
accusative	ġiestranǣfen	ġiestranǣfennas
genitive	ġiestranǣfennes	ġiestranǣfenna
dative	ġiestranǣfenne	ġiestranǣfennum

Descendants

• Middle English: yistreven, yester even
  • English: yestereven, yestereve, yestreen (Scotland)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gistranǽfen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.