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

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

Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1499-1513, 1569-1631

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Gest, n.3 Also: geste, ghest, ghuest; geast, gheast; guist. See also gaist Gast(e n.2 [ME. gest (c 1250), ON. gest-r.] A guest.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints iii. 1074.
Anis ȝet we wil assay, … And wit gyf he doucht to be geste
a1400 Ib. xxvii. 756.
Thankand God … That he wes worthy sic gest til haf
c1420 Wynt. i. 1642.
The gest … Mycht nocht be sykkare off his hoslare
c1420 Ib. ii. 999.
Quhen tyll hys gestis he maid gud chere
a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 105.
Welcum to me, thow art full deir ane gest
a1500 Bk. Chess 1760.
To thair gestis suld thir folk be leile, Thar gudis kepe & thair secret conseile
1513 Doug. i. xi. 74.
By wys men is said To gestis thou grantis the herbry glaid
1513 Ib. 119.
Haue done, my gentill gest
a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS lxxxv. 22.
Thay will nocht gruge to lat thé ga, Thair is no gle with sic ane gest
(b) 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 216.
The wyfe beand … als bussie as the man, with a mell, to fell thair gheastis sleiping in thair beddis
1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Hospes, a ghest or host
1600-1610 Melvill 144.
[He] with all his gheasts war exceiding heavie harted
1600-1610 Ib. 166.
To haiff Mr. James Lawsone to be my ghest
(c)1604-31 Craig i. 8.
The young, the old, ... all came, As welcome guistes vnto that princely cheare

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