Old English Dictionary Entry

BEÓST

Part of speech: býst, býsting, es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 BEÓST

m? BIESTINGS, the first milk of a cow after calving; colostrum :-- Beóst biestings; obesta, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 102. Býst colostrum, Ælfc. Gl. 31; Som. 61, 102. Býsting, þicce meolc biest, biestings, thick milk, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 20. [Plat. beest, beest-melk : Dut. Ger. biest : O. H. Ger. biost : Goth. beist.] beost

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᚩᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Goth.: Gothic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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