Bist

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Used to form the second person singular of be. Northern-England, UK, West-Country, dialectal

    "Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me."

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beestingsbeestingscolostrum

Example

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"Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me."

Etymology

From Middle English bist, beest, best, from Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (“to be”)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to be + -est. Cognate with West Frisian bist (“(thou) art”), Low German büst (“(thou) art”), German bist (“(thou) art”).

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