nest – Old English noun declension

Noun: nest
Gender: n

Nominative

Singular	nest
Plural	nest

Genitive

Singular	nestes
Plural	nesta

Dative

Singular	neste
Plural	nestum

Accusative

Singular	nest
Plural	nest

Sample Sentences

Ealle fuglas habbaþ heora nest ongunnen būtan þē and mē. Hwæs ābīdaþ wit? (All the birds have started their nests except for you and me. What are we waiting for?)

Nouns inflected like nest

hildebord, fierdfæreld, mearcland, berland, furlang, cynebearn, sundorriht, sweostorbearn, feaxnett, sandland, sandcorn, wuldorwerod, wyrmcynn, feldland, cweartern, feohland, landfæsten, sundcorn, meterfers, framfæreld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nest, from Proto-Germanic *nestą. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic гнѣздо (gnězdo, “nest”), Old Irish net (“nest”), Latin nīdus (“nest”), Sanskrit नीड (nīḍa, “nest”), Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”), Old Armenian նիստ (nist, “sitting; seat; property”). See: Latin Nouns 'nīdus'.

Verbs referencing "nest"

English Nouns nest, Middle English Nouns nest, Latin Nouns nidus.