Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

GIST

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
GIST, gyst, es; m.
YEAST, barm, froth; spuma cerevisiæ,
  • Herb. 21, 6
  • ;
  • Lchdm. i. 118, 10.
Niwue gist new yeast,
  • L. M. ii. 51, 1
  • ;
  • Lchdm. ii. 266, 1
  • .
Etymology
[
Prompt. Parv. ȝeest spuma.
]
Linked entries
v.  gæst giest gest.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • GIST, n.