læst

From Old Norse leistr (“sock”), from Proto-Germanic *laistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“track, furrow”).^[1] Cognate with Swedish läst, German Leisten, English last.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsd/, [ˈlest]

læst c (singular definite læsten, plural indefinite læste or læster)

1. last (piece of wood used for shaping shoes)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [ˈleˀst]

læst

1. past participle of læse

• “læst” in Den Danske Ordbog

• læst

Present tense of låst (“to pretend”).

læst

1. present of låst

læst m (definite singular læsten, indefinite plural læstar, definite plural læstane)

1. make-believe

• læstsom

• “læst” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Contraction of lǣsest. Cognate with Old Frisian lēst, lērest.

• IPA^(key): /læːst/

lǣst

1. superlative degree of lȳtel: smallest, least
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

     Littera is stæf on englisċ and is sē lǣsta dǣl on bōcum and untōdǣledlīċ.

     Littera means letter in [Old] English and is the indivisible smallest part of a book.

lǣst

1. least