hlæst

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hlastuz, cognate with Old Frisian hlest and Old High German hlast. Related to hladan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xlæst/, [l̥æst] === Noun === hlæst n or m load; freight, cargo ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== hlæstsċip (“cargo ship”) sċiphlæst (“shipload”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: last English: last Scots: last → Middle French: last (south-western dialects) → Irish: lasta → Medieval Latin: lastum, lestum ⇒ Medieval Latin: lastagium, lestagium Old French: lastage (see there for further descendants)