Etymograph : gāst

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N (masc, a-stem)

the breath

Source: Ringe 2014:171, https://bosworthtoller.com/13319

Attested in Bede's Death Song ("gāste")

originates from

PWGmc *gaist "spirit" (oe-diphthong-tensing) through pwgmc-to-oe

(source: Ringe 2014:171)

PGmc *gaista- "spirit, ghost" (gaista- > gaist > gāst) through pgmc-to-oe

(source: Kroonen 2013:163)

Inflected forms

gāste "spirit.dat" (oe-dat)