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egasted

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Etymology

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From Middle English agasted, past participle of agasten (“to terrify”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /əˈɡastəd/ (spelled aɡhasted)[1]

Adjective

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egasted

  1. frightened[2]

Verb

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egasted

  1. simple past of egast

References

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  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 153
  2. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38
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