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beest¹

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From Middle English bēst, biest, beost, bist, from Old English bist; equivalent to be + -est. Compare West Frisian bist, German bist.

verb bist

  1. archaic, indicative, present, second person, singular, subjunctive second-person singular present indicative or subjunctive of be Stephano! if thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speake to me: for I am Trinculo; be not afeard, thy good friend Trinculo.

beest²

Where it comes from

See beestings.

noun beests

  1. beestings, colostrum

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@misc{beest_2026,
  title = {beest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}