different between hast vs wast

English

Alternative forms

• havest (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hast, havest, second-person present singular form of haven, from Old English hæfst, hafast, second-person present singular form of habban, hafian, from Proto-Germanic *habaisi, second-person present singular form of *habjan?; equivalent to have +? -est.. Compare German and West Frisian hast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæst/
• Rhymes: -æst

Verb

hast

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of have

Usage notes

• Hast is the original second-person singular present tense of to have and is now largely archaic, having been superseded by have. It is still however found in poetry and older works, being used both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb, and is occasionally still heard in certain regional dialects, especially in the north of England. It is perhaps most familiar to modern ears through its extensive use in the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 and the Authorised Version of the Bible, and in other liturgical texts derived from, or influenced by, them. It corresponds to the familiar second-person singular present tense of to have in some other European languages.

Related terms

• hadst
• hath
• has
• have

Anagrams

• ATHs, HATs, Tash, hats, shat, tash, thas

Breton

Noun

hast m

1. haste

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German hast, from Old French haste.

Noun

hast c (singular definite hasten, not used in plural form)

1. haste

Related terms

Verb

hast

1. imperative of haste

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hast/ (standard)
  • IPA^(key): /has/ (colloquial; north-western Germany)
  • IPA^(key): /ha?/ (colloquial; south-western Germany)
• Hyphenation: hast
• Rhymes: -ast
• Homophones: Hast (general), hasst (standard only)

Verb

hast

1. second-person singular present of haben

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English hæfst, hafast, second-person present singular form of habban, hafian, from Proto-Germanic *habaisi, second-person present singular form of *habjan?; equivalent to haven +? -est.

Alternative forms

• havest

Verb

hast

1. second-person singular present indicative of haven

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

hast

1. imperative of hasta

Seri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st/

Noun

hast (plural hásatoj)

1. rock, stone

References

• Moser, Mary B.; Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, ?ISBN, page 347.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

hast c

1. hurry, haste

Declension

See also

• hasta
• hastighet
• i en hast
• i all hast

Anagrams

• hats

West Frisian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

hast

1. almost, nearly

Further reading

• “hast”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

hast

1. second-person informal singular of hawwe

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English wast; equivalent to was +? -est.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

wast

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of be; wert.
   • 1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 2, (a hunting song),

     "Take thou no scorn to wear the horn, It was a crest ere thou wast born ..."

   • 1611, The Bible, King James (Authorised) Version, (first & last usages),

     Genesis 3:11 "And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?"

     Revelation 16:5 "And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus."

   • 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, lines 97-99

     Alas! We two, we two, thou say'st!

     Yea, one wast thou with me

     That once of old.

Noun

wast (plural wasts)

1. Obsolete form of waist.

See also

References

• “wast”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “wast” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TAWS, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, staw, swat, taws, wats

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st
• IPA^(key): /??st/

Verb

wast

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of wassen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of wassen

Gothic

Romanization

wast

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Middle English

Etymology

From was +? -est; partially replacing earlier were.

Verb

wast

1. (Late Middle English) second-person singular past indicative of been

Descendants

• English: wast (obsolete)

Old French

Noun

wast m (oblique plural waz or watz, nominative singular waz or watz, nominative plural wast)

1. Alternative form of gast

Scots

Etymology

Scots form of English west.

Adverb

wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)

1. west
2. back, sideways; upstream

Preposition

wast

1. west
2. over, across

   She wis walkin wast the road. - She was walking across the road.

Adjective

wast (comparative mair wast, superlative maist wast)

1. west