guesten

1. (dialectal, transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To entertain as a guest; to lodge as a guest.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."; "This stone has the But as there is no longer a chamber to “guesten" peculiar interest of having furnished the key by within, the adventure is nought, and the prophecy which the succession of stations became identified fulfilled."; "But Toppet Hob o' the Main had guestened in my house by chance."Northern-EnglandScotlanddialectaltransitive