preost

Middle English

Noun

preost

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

Declension

Declension of preost (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	prēost	prēostas
accusative	prēost	prēostas
genitive	prēostes	prēosta
dative	prēoste	prēostum

Synonyms

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

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