hairst

Scots

Alternative forms

• hayrst, hearst, haerst, harrist, har'st, haist, hairsd, ha'ast, hurst, hairvest, hervest
• harvast, heirwist (obsolete)

Etymology

From Early Scots harvist, herwist, hervist, hervest, from Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn; harvest”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist. Cognate with English harvest, German Herbst (“autumn”).

Noun

hairst (plural hairsts)

1. harvest
2. autumn

Synonyms

• back-end

Verb

hairst

1. to harvest