hyndreste

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hindreste

Etymology

Equivalent to Modern English hinderest. See hinder.

Adjective

hyndreste

1. hindmost; rearmost
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 619-622:

     Of Northfolk was this reve, of which I telle,
     Bisyde a toun men clepen Baldeswelle.
     Tukked he was, as is a frere, aboute,
     And ever he rood the hindreste of our route.

     Of Northfolk was this Reeve of whom I tell,
     Near to a town men call Bawdeswelle.
     He had his coat hitched up and belted, like a friar,
     And ever he rode as the last of our company.

References

• “hyndreste”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.