"guesten" meaning in English

See guesten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: guestens [present, singular, third-person], guestening [participle, present], guestened [participle, past], guestened [past]
Etymology: From guest + -en. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|guest|-en|id2=inchoative}} guest + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} guesten (third-person singular simple present guestens, present participle guestening, simple past and past participle guestened)
  1. (dialectal, transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To entertain as a guest; to lodge as a guest. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal, transitive Derived forms: guestening

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for guesten meaning in English (2.8kB)

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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1861, Once a Week, page 111",
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