Old English · noun

last

Normalised lāst

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /lɑːst/
Syllables: lɑːst (1 syllable)
Modern English: footstep track

Meaning

footstep, track

weal wundrum hēah, · wyrmlīcum fāh.

Now a wall stands in the track of dear band, wondrously high, with worm-forms adorned.
Stondeð nū on lāste · lēofre duguþe

Declension

Declension of last
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lāst	lāstas
Accusative	lāst	lāstas
Genitive	lāstes	lāsta
Dative	lāste	lāstum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laist, along with the feminine variant lǣst. Cognates Cognate with Middle Dutch leest (Dutch leest), Old High German leist (German Leist), Old Norse leistr (“foot, sock”) (Swedish läst, Danish læst).

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