different between bestay vs bestar

English

Etymology

From be- +? stay, from Middle English *stayen, steyen, from Old French estaier, estayer (“to prop, stay, support”), from estaye (“prop, support”), of Proto-Germanic origin. More at stay.

Verb

bestay (third-person singular simple present bestays, present participle bestaying, simple past and past participle bestayed)

1. (transitive) To secure or steady; cause to come to a fixed position or state; bring to a halt or stop.
   • 1834, Theodore Sedwick Fay, George Pope Morris, Samuel Woodworth, New-York mirror:

     Mid the half-furrowed field bestay the plough, Bid the twin toilers of the yoke go free, And aught that doth thee patient servitude, From closing sabbath to its blest return, [...]

Anagrams

• Batesy, Bateys, Beatys, Eastby, beasty

English

Etymology

From be- (“about, upon, all over”) +? star.

Verb

bestar (third-person singular simple present bestars, present participle bestarring, simple past and past participle bestarred)

1. (transitive, archaic) To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to adorn or decorate with, or as with, stars.

Anagrams

• Baster, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, baster, breast, rebats, tabers

Swedish

Noun

bestar

1. indefinite plural of best

Anagrams

• betars, staber