yest

English

Noun

yest (plural yests)

Obsolete spelling of yeast

Anagrams

Tyes, etys, stey, stye, teys, tyes, yet's, yets

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French geste.

Noun

yest

Alternative form of geste (“tale”)

Etymology 2

From Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz.

Alternative forms

yeste, ȝeest, ȝest, yeaste, gyst, gest, yeest

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɛst/, /jɛːst/
Rhymes: -ɛst, -ɛːst

Noun

yest (uncountable)

The broth or foam created by beer.

Descendants

English: yeast
Scots: yest

References

“yē̆st (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

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