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spirit.dat

Lemma: gāst "spirit" (oe-dat)

gāst

N (masc, a-stem)

the breath

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)
Paradigms