beaste

Italian

Verb

beaste

  1. inflection of beare:
    1. second-person plural past historic
    2. second-person plural imperfect subjunctive

Middle English

Noun

beaste (plural beastes)

  1. Alternative form of beeste
    • 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)48/155 : Hye you lest this water fall That eyche beaste were in stall.
    • c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)1142 : Tho [read: who; L qui] priked on a playne feelde þe perelous beaste, Hee shall raigne as a ryng ryall and noble.
    • -?-(1474) Ordin.Househ.Pr.Edw.32* : The purveyors of beeves and muttons, of calves and lambes..hath to theire fees..the intrayles of every beaste excepte the oxe feete and the uthers.
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