læste

See also: läste

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛsd̥ə]

Noun

læste c (also spelled læster)

  1. indefinite plural of læst

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛːsd̥ə], (when used as a participle) IPA(key): [ˈlɛˀsd̥ə]

Verb

læste

  1. past tense of læse
  2. past participle definite singular of læse
  3. past participle plural of læse

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“track, furrow”), similar to the verb leornian.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlæːs.te/

Noun

lǣste f

  1. last (a shoemaker's tool)

Descendants

  • Middle English: laste

References

  1. ^ “last”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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