evest

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. envy, jealousy
  2. malice

References

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *afanstiz, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (favour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈefeːst/
  • (Late Old Frisian) IPA(key): /ˈeweːst/

Noun

evēst f

  1. envy, jealousy

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN