yst – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of yst

Noun: yst
Gender:

Nominative

Singularȳst
Pluralȳste; ȳsta

Genitive

Singularȳste
Pluralȳsta

Dative

Singularȳste
Pluralȳstum

Accusative

Singularȳst; ȳste
Pluralȳste; ȳsta

Sample Sentences

  • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
  • On þǣm dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum swa swa ān miċel ȳst cōme ofer ealne middenġeard. (In those days Alexander [the Great] was born in Greece, like a great storm coming over all the Earth.)

Nouns inflected like yst

yþ, yst,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *unsti.

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