verst

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian верста́ (verstá), partly through German Werst and French verste.

Pronunciation

Noun

verst (plural versts)

  1. A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about 2⁄3 of a mile.
    • 1849, "The Observatory at Pulkowa" The North American Review Volume 0069 Issue 144 (July 1849):
      |The hill Pulkowa, twelve miles (seventeen wersts) south of Admiralty Palace in St. Petersburg,
    • 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “Reginald in Russia”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. , →OCLC, page 6:
      Her particular part of the country was a few hundred versts the other side of Tamboff, with some fifteen miles of agrarian disturbance between her and the nearest neighbour.
    • 1918, Aylmer and Louise Maude, translated by Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Oxford, published 1998, page 604:
      ‘Is it much further, Michael?’ she asked the clerk, to dispel the thoughts that frightened her. ‘They say it's seven versts from this village.’
    • 1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:
      You have to tramp three or four versts to get to the exhibition of war loot, past Fabergé eggs and the Impressionists.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

verst

  1. superlative degree of ver

Adjective

verst

  1. superlative degree of vers

Faroese

Pronunciation

Adverb

verst

  1. worst, superlative degree of illa

Icelandic

Adverb

verst

  1. worst, superlative degree of illa

Middle English

Noun

verst

  1. first

Adjective

verst

  1. first

Adverb

verst

  1. first

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse verstr.

Pronunciation

Adjective

verst

  1. indefinite singular superlative degree of vond: worst
  2. indefinite singular superlative degree of ille: worst
  3. indefinite singular superlative degree of ond: worst

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse verst.

Adverb

verst

  1. worst

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