Gǽstan

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

gǽstan

p. te; pp. ed [gást, gǽst a spirit, ghost] To gast, frighten, afflict, torment; terrēre, crŭciāre, affligĕre :-- Hí gǽston Godes cempan gáre and líge they afflicted God's champions with spear and flame, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 27; Jul. 17. [Wyc. gaste to make greatly afraid : PiersP. gaste to scare [birds]. Cf. Goth. us-gaisjan, and

Verwandte Wörter: Dief. ii. pp. 397-8.] gæstan