evest
Middle English
Alternative forms
- eust, efst
- æfest (Early Middle English)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English æfest, æfst, from Proto-West Germanic *abunsti, modification of Proto-Germanic *abundiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛːvəst/, /ˈɛu̯əst/, /ˈɛfst/
Noun
evest (uncountable) (uncommon, poetic, Early Middle English or Northern)
References
- “evest, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *afanstiz, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour”).
Pronunciation
Noun
evēst f
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN