gæsthus

Old English

Alternative forms

gasthūs, gesthūs, gysthūs

Etymology

From gæst (“guest”) +‎ hūs (“house”).

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

gæsthús in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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