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) harvest autumn ==== Synonyms ==== back-end === Verb === hairst to harvest