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Old English · noun

bæst

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/bæst/
Syllables
bæst (1 syllable)
Modern English
bastbassinner

Meaning

  1. bast; inner bark of a tree from which rope is made

Declension

Declension of bæst
SingularPlural
Nominative bæstbæstas
Accusative bæstbæstas
Genitive bæstesbæsta
Dative bæstebæstum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bast (“bast, rope”). Compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)).

Descendants

bass, bast

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