preost

== Middle English == === Noun === preost (Early Middle English or Southern) alternative form of prest (“priest”) == Old English == === Etymology === From Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pre͜oːst/ === Noun === prēost m priest The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== *gydda sacerd ǣweweard (poetic) ==== Derived terms ==== handprēost mæsseprēost mynsterprēost prēosthād ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: prest, preest English: priest Scots: preest, priest Old Norse: prestr Danish: præst → Greenlandic: palasi Faroese: prestur Icelandic: prestur Norwegian Bokmål: prest Norwegian Nynorsk: prest Swedish: präst