gǽstan
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gǽstan
. Add: [v.
N. E. D. gast.]
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279 of the Supplement of the paper dictionary.
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Cite the scanned version of the original dicionary like this:- Toller, T. Northcote, and Joseph Bosworth. "gǽstan." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth : Supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921. 279.
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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 v. Dief. ii. pp. 397-8.]