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fyst

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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fyst

  1. past participle of fyse

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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fyst

  1. neuter of fys

Etymology 2

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Participle

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fyst (definite singular and plural fyste)

  1. past participle of fyse

Verb

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fyst

  1. supine of fyse

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *fūsti, from Proto-Germanic *funstiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pnsti-, a variant of *pnksti-, *pn̥kʷsti (fist), a derivative of *pénkʷe (five). Cognate with Old Frisian fest (West Frisian fest), Old Saxon fūst, Dutch vuist, Old High German fūst (German Faust), and with Russian пясть (pjastʹ, palm of the hand), Polish pięść (fist), Serbo-Croatian pȇst (fist) and pȑst (finger), Lithuanian kumštis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fȳst f

  1. the fist

Declension

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Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative fȳst fȳste, fȳsta
accusative fȳst, fȳste fȳste, fȳsta
genitive fȳste fȳsta
dative fȳste fȳstum

Descendants

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  • Middle English: fist, fust, fest, feest, vest
    • English: fist
    • Scots: fist, fyst
    • Yola: hist, fest