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mæst

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
mæst, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§335; §445; §556; §557;
Mast, fruit of forest trees e.g. oak, beech, used for feeding swine
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  • Ðrím hunde swína mæst, ond se biscop and ða hígen áhten twǽde ðæs wuda ond ðæs mæstes,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 279, 3.

  • Mid wude and mid felde mid mæste

    cum sylva et cum agro, cum porcorum esca,

    • iv. 202, 2.

  • Micle beámas ða ðe mæst and wæstm mannum bringaþ

    ligna fructifera,

    • Ps. Th. 148, 9.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. mast sagina.
]
Similar entries
v. mæsten, mæstan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “mæst.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22225.

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  • mæst, n.

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