Ge-hyrstan

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

ge-hyrstan

to murmur. Add: [From ge-hwistran?: for hy- = hwy-(-i) cf. ymb-hyrft = ymb-hwyrft, Mt. L. p. 1, 2; for metathesis cf. (?) gyrstan- =gestran-. The word might then be compared with whistren to whisper, and with hwǽstrian, q. v.] ge-hyrstan