gæsthus

Old English

Alternative forms

gasthūs, ġesthūs, ġysthūs

Etymology

From gæst (“guest”) +‎ hūs (“house”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡæst.xuːs/, [ˈɡæst.huːs]

Noun

gæsthūs n (nominative plural gæsthūs)

a guesthouse, guest-chamber

Declension

Declension of gæsthus (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gæsthūs	gæsthūs
accusative	gæsthūs	gæsthūs
genitive	gæsthūses	gæsthūsa
dative	gæsthūse	gæsthūsum

Descendants

Middle English: gest hous (partly from Old Norse)
- English: guesthouse

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gæsthús”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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