Nestan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - nestan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- nestan
- p. te To spin :-- Ne wynnes and ne nestas non laborant neque nent, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 28. Nestaþ, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 27. [Cf. Icel. nist a pin; nista to pin : O. H. Ger. nestilo, nestila vitta, funiculus, redimiculum, vitta, fibula, ansa : Ger. nestel.] nestan