evest

Middle English

Alternative forms

• eust, efst
• æfest (Early Middle English)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English æfest, æfst, from Proto-West Germanic *abunsti, modification of Proto-Germanic *abundiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːvəst/, /ˈɛu̯əst/, /ˈɛfst/

Noun

evest (uncountable) (uncommon, poetic, Early Middle English or Northern)

1. envy, jealousy
2. malice

References

• “evest, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *afanstiz, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈefeːst/
• (Late Old Frisian) IPA^(key): /ˈeweːst/

Noun

evēst f

1. envy, jealousy

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN