Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Northern England Originally used to form the second person singular of be, but can denote other present tense forms, such as: are, am, is

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English bist, beest, best, from Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon ("to be")), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to be +‎ -est. Cognate with West Frisian bist ("(thou) art"), Low German büst ("(thou) art"), German bist ("(thou) art").

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bist.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.