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BÆST

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
BÆST, es; m? n?
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
The inner bark of a tree, of which ropes were made; tilia
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  • Bæst vel lind

    tilia,

    • Lye.
Etymology
[
Plat. Dut. bast, m. bark
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O. Dut. bast, m. signifies the bark of a tree and also a rope; because the inner part of the linden or lime-tree was mostly used for making ropes
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Ger. M. H. Ger. bast, m. bark
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O. H. Ger. past, m
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Dan. bast, m
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Swed. bast, n
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O. Nrs. bast, n. The word is probably to be derived from bindan to bind, v. Grm. Wrtbch. i. 1148
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  • BÆST, n.