yest

English

Noun

yest (plural yests)

1. Obsolete spelling of yeast.

Anagrams

• Tyes, etys, stey, stye, teys, tyes, yet's, yets

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz.

Alternative forms

• yeste, ȝeest, ȝest, yeaste, gyst, gest, yeest

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛst/, /jɛːst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst, -ɛːst

Noun

yest (uncountable)

1. The broth or foam created by beer.

Descendants

• English: yeast
• Scots: yest

References

• “yē̆st, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

Etymology 2

Noun

yest

1. Alternative form of geste (“tale”)