yest

== English == === Noun === yest (plural yests) Obsolete spelling of yeast. === Anagrams === Tyes, Esty, stye, yets, yet's, tyes, stey, teys, etys == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. ==== Alternative forms ==== yeste, ȝeest, ȝest, yeaste, gyst, gest, yeest ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /jɛst/, /jɛːst/ Rhymes: -ɛst, -ɛːst ==== Noun ==== yest (uncountable) The broth or foam created by beer. ===== Descendants ===== English: yeast Scots: yest ===== References ===== “yē̆st, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== yest alternative form of geste (“tale”)