spirit.dat
gāst
N (masc, a-stem)the breath
Source: Ringe 2014:171, https://bosworthtoller.com/13319Attested in Bede's Death Song (gāste)
Paradigmsoriginates fromPGmc *gaista- "spirit, ghost" (gaista- > gaist > gāst) through pgmc-to-oe(source: Kroonen 2013:163)