Talk:weest
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Rfv-sense "to waste". Not in the EDD or OED as far as I'm aware; furthermore, the rarity of Middle English westen would make its survival into ModE unlikely (given this, if weest is attestable, it probably isn't a continuation of Middle English westen/Old English wēstan; instead, it should be considered a dialectal reflex of Middle English wasten with early raising of /aː/ to /ɛː/, which in turn becomes /iə̯/ in many Northern English traditional dialects; c.f. tyebble, which reflects a further development to /jɛ/). Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 05:35, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
RFV Failed, the Scots Dictionary has it as an alternative form of weesh (a call to a horse) [1]. Ioaxxere (talk) 18:23, 11 February 2023 (UTC)