† fnastn.
Obsolete.
Breath.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [noun] > breath
ghosteOE
bleadc890
ethemeOE
windOE
fnastc1000
breathOE
blas?c1225
blasta1325
andec1330
respiration?a1425
breast1535
air1567
respirea1657
puff1827
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 100 Hyt bring[ð] forð þane fnæst.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 44 Wel neȝ hire fnast at-schet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† fnastv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To breathe hard, pant; also quasi-transitive to breathe out (fire).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > pant
fnastc1000
puffc1300
pantc1350
fnesec1386
blowc1440
bluster1530
pech1538
pantlea1626
pank1669
heave1679
fuff1721
pipe1814
huff1881
the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (transitive)]
fnastc1400
to breathe out1556
outbreathe1563
aspire1575
exhale1589
expire1590
expirate1615
spirate1649
spire1649
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 242 Fnæstiað swiðe.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 548 He [ne] mouthe speke, ne fnaste, Hwere he wolde him bere or lede.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1702 His felaȝes fallen hym to, þat fnasted ful þike.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 878 Þe orible oxin..þat fyre out fnast.
Derivatives
ˈfnasting n. breathing, snorting.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > [noun]
pufflOE
fnastinga1382
pufta1425
blasting1535
outbreathing1574
efflation1578
expiration1603
perspiration1611
expiring1661
flatus1692
exhalation1742
utterance1844
poof1864
pew1932
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > panting
fnastinga1382
panting1440
pant?a1513
pech?a1513
anhelation?1548
hyperpnœa1860
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. viii. 16 Fro Dan is herd the fnesting of his hors.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 171 These balfull bestes were..ffull flaumond of fyre with fnastyng of logh.
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