gastgifu
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a spiritual gift
- (religion)
Etymology
Compound from Old English gāst (soul, spirit, breath, being, ghost) + Old English ġifu.
Origin
Old English
ġifu
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Godiva English
- Goody English
- *gaistaz Proto-Germanic
- froforgast Old English
- gastbana Old English
- gastberend Old English
- gastcund Old English
- gastgedal Old English
- gastleas Old English
- gastlic Old English
- gastsunu Old English
- gāst Old English
- heahgast Old English
- wuldorgast Old English
- wuldorgifu Old English
- ærendgast Old English
- ġifu Old English
- gost Middle English
- *gaist gmw-pro