Etymology

beest

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Middle English bēst ← Old English bist
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beest · verb1

  1. Old English · inherited frombist
  2. Middle English · inherited frombēst
  3. English todaybeest

From Middle English bēst, biest, beost, bist, from Old English bist; equivalent to be + -est. Compare West Frisian bist, German bist.

beest · noun2

See beestings.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbēst all →

best

Old Englishbist all →

bist

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