yester

From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English geostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛs.tɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛs.tə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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yester (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Yesterday.

yester (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Of or pertaining to yesterday.

   Synonyms: last, yesterday

   yester eve, yester even(ing), yester morning

yester (countable and uncountable, plural yesters)

1. (archaic) Yesterday.

• Eyster, Steyer

• (attested spaced or hyphenated in a compound): gister, ȝerstene, ȝester, ȝestern, ȝister, ȝursten, ȝuster, yestyr, yhister, yister, yistre
• (only attested unspaced and unhyphenated in a compound): *gyrstæn, *gyrsten, *ȝersten, *ȝerstyn, *ȝist, *ȝistir, *ȝistyr, *ȝurs, *ȝurst, *ȝurster, *ȝurston, *ȝustir, *ȝystur, *inst [read: iust], *yersten, *yerstyr, *yese, *yestir, *yestur, *yistir, *yurst, *yuster

From Old English geostran.

yester

1. only used in yesterday, yester morow, yesternyght, yistreven