Wind-gerest

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wind-gerest

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wind-gerest
f. A windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?) :-- Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (? For the hall as a sleeping-place, cf. Monig snellíc sǽrinc selereste gebeáh, 1385; B. 690), Beo. Th. 4904 ; B. 2456. Cf. wind-sele. wind-gerest
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