æfest

== Middle English == === Noun === æfest (Early Middle English) alternative form of evest: envy, malice == Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *abunsti, from Proto-Germanic *abundiz. Cognate with Old Saxon abunst, Old High German abunst, Old Norse ǫfund. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈæ.fest/, [ˈæ.vest] ==== Noun ==== æfest m jealousy, envy zeal rivalry, emulation ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: evest === Etymology 2 === From ǣ +‎ -fæst. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈæːˌfest/ ==== Adjective ==== ǣfest alternative form of ǣfæst ===== Declension ===== === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “æfēst”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǣfest”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.