Guesten
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To entertain as a guest; to lodge as a guest. Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive
"Here have I come this length, trusting the godly Earl of Murray would be on his march to the Borders, for he was to have guestened with the Baron of Avenel; and instead of that comes news that he has gone westlandways about some tuilzie in Ayrshire."
Example
More examples"Here have I come this length, trusting the godly Earl of Murray would be on his march to the Borders, for he was to have guestened with the Baron of Avenel; and instead of that comes news that he has gone westlandways about some tuilzie in Ayrshire."
Etymology
From guest + -en.
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