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▪ I. guesten arch.|ˈgɛst(ə)n|
Also 5 geston, 6 gestyn, 9 guestern.
[Of uncertain origin; it may stand for guesting vbl. n. or for ME. *gestene gen. pl. of guest n., or it may represent the stem of gesten v.]
attrib. in guesten chamber, guesten hall, = guest-chamber, -hall.
1488Will of Kyrkeby (Somerset Ho.), The Geston Chambyrs. 1502Will of Moore (ibid.), Gestyn chamber. 1838Britton Dict. Arch. etc., Guest-hall, Guestern-hall, a large apartment annexed to a monastery..destined for the reception..of pilgrims, or visitors. 1864King Cathedrals, Worcester 233 The Guesten Hall formed part of the deanery until 1842. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 307 To this town or that we took our way, Or in some abbey's guesten-chamber lay.
▪ II. guesten
later form of gesten v. Obs.
1817Scott Harold iv. xiv, Whoever shall guesten these chambers within. |