myst

Middle English

Alternative forms

myste, mist, miste, meyst, mest

Etymology 1

From Old English mist (“mist; darkness; dimness (of eyesight)”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (“mist, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *migʰ-, *migʰ-lo- (“drizzle, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *meygʰ- (“to flicker, blink, be dark; cloud, mist”).

Noun

myst (plural mystes)

Weather characterized by the suspension of water droplets in the air; mist, fog.
Steam, vapour.
A plume of smoke.
Dimness in vision.
(figuratively) Anything that darkens or obscures the mind or spirit.

Related terms

mysty

Descendants

English: mist

References

“mist n. (1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.

Alternative forms

myste, mist, miste

Etymology 2

From mysty (“symbolic, figurative”).

Noun

myst (uncountable)

(religion) Spiritual matters which elude understanding; mysteries.

Derived terms

in myst

Related terms

mysty
mystiliche
mystyke
mystecall
mystykly

References

“mist n. (2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.

Swedish

Verb

myst

supine of mysa.

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