Old English · noun

ræst

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /ræst/
Syllables: ræst (1 syllable)
Modern English: rest resting couch

Meaning

rest
resting place; bed, couch

Ārīs, Dryhten, in reste ðīne...

Arise, Lord, to thy resting place...
9th century, Vespasian Psalter

Declension

Declension of ræst
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ræst	ræsta ræste
Accusative	ræste	ræsta ræste
Genitive	ræste	ræsta
Dative	ræste	ræstum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō. The alternative form rest has its -e- by analogy with the verb restan, which inherited the vowel through i-umlaut.

Descendants

rest

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