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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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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 Leg. S. iii. 1074.
Anis ȝet we wil assay, … And wit gyf he doucht to be geste 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 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 Ib. 119.
Haue done, my gentill gest a1570-86 Maitl. F. 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 Ib. 166.
To haiff Mr. James Lawsone to be my ghest(c) 1547-52 Craig i. 8.
'The young, the old, ... all came, As welcome guistes vnto that princely cheare