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lest

“lest” is a Norwegian Nynorsk word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a last (a tool in the shape of a human foot, for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes)
  2. the foot-part of a stocking
  3. An old measure of volume, about 12 to 24 barrels.
  4. An old measure of weight, about half up until a full dozen skippund.
  5. An old unit of measure on the freight capacity of a ship.
  6. straws and grasses that grow close to each other
  7. sprouting grasses and grains

Etymology

From Old Norse leistr m, from Proto-Germanic *laistaz m (“track, trace; footprint”), from Proto-Indo-European *lóystos, from the root *leys- (“to trace, track”). Akin to English last, Swedish läst, and German Leisten.

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