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† ˈevest Obs.
Forms: 1 æfest, æfst, æfist, efest, 3 evest, -ist, ? eust, oust. Cf. eft n.2
[OE. æfest, acc. to Sievers for *æfést, f. æf- (= of, Ger. ab) from, away from + ést (see este n.); cf. Ger. abgunst.]
Envy, malice.
a1000Cynewulf Elene 496 Þæt hie for æfstum unscyl⁓digne..feore beræ ddon. c1000Ags. Ps. lxix. 4 Heora æfstu eac ealle sceamien. a1300Cursor M. 18552 (Gött.) Þe princes als his ful fas wid eust [printed enst; Cotton, oust, printed onst] and nith again his ras. Ibid. 23138 (Edin. MS.) In niþe and euest [printed enest] and licheri. Ibid. 23279 (Edin.) Þai þat war fild of euist [printed enist]. |