giesthus

== Old English == === Alternative forms === gasthūs, ġæsthūs, ġesthūs, ġysthūs === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gastihūs, equivalent to ġiest (“guest”) +‎ hūs (“house”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈji͜yst.xuːs/, [ˈji͜yst.huːs] === Noun === ġiesthūs n a guesthouse a guest-chamber ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: gesthus, gystehus, gessthus, gest hous (partly calqued from Old Norse) English: guesthouse === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gæsthús”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.