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Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German bēst, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bæst n (singular definite bæstet, plural indefinite bæster)
- beast
- brute
Declension
Further reading
Faroese
Verb
bæst
- supine of bæsa
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bast (“bast, rope”). Compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
bæst m (nominative plural bæstas)
- bast; inner bark of a tree from which rope is made
Declension
Strong a-stem:
Descendants