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Middle English

este

/ˈɛːst(ə)/ · noun

Meaning

  1. grace, est, favour
  2. pleasure, enjoyment, fun
  3. delicacy, delicious food
  4. good, pleasant
  5. alternative form of heste (“directive”)

Etymology / origin

From Old English ēst, from Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz.

  1. *anstiz(gem-pro)
  2. *ansti(gmw-pro)
  3. ēst(ang)
  4. este (Middle English)
  5. Relations: inh, inh, inh

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