Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Gestning, -nyng, n. Also: gesnyng, -ning, gaistning. [ME. gest(e)ninge (c 1200), gesninge, f. Gestin v.] Entertainment as a guest. a1400 Leg. S. xxix. 724.
In that house … Quhare thare modir had gestnyng Ib. xxx. 533.
Sene thu firste here tuk gestning I haf thé lufit c1420 Wynt. vi. 1638.
That ilke nycht that the kyng Tuk with the mylnare hys gesnyng [W. gestnyng] a1500 Rauf C. 972.
He … foundit ane fair place … That all that wantis harbery Suld haue gestning 1513 Doug. i. x. 28.
To quhat fyne … it dredis me Sall turn this plesand gestnyng Ib. x. viii. 58.
I thé beseik … Be my faderis gestnyng [R. gesning] … Assist to me 1535 Stewart 8067.
King Caratac that gestnyng bocht rycht deir 1596 Dalr. II. 66/11.
The hous … quhair thay ar weil receiuet in gude gaistning