cheste

See also: chéste

Lombard

Alternative forms

  • cueste (formal variant)
  • chest (Western orthography)
  • chesti (Valtellina orthography, South-Eastern orthography)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeste/
    • (Western) IPA(key): [ˈkɛs(t)], [ˈkes(t)]
    • (Eastern) IPA(key): [ˈkɛste], [ˈkeste]
    • (Valtellina, South-Eastern) IPA(key): [ˈkɛsti], [ˈkesti]

Determiner

cheste f pl

  1. feminine plural of chest (“this”): these

Pronoun

cheste f pl

  1. feminine plural of chest (“this”): these

Synonyms

  • chelle chí, cuelle chí

Middle English

Etymology 1

    From Old English ċēast,[1] extension of ċēas (“quarrel, strife”), from Proto-West Germanic *kausu, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa.

    The AB language form chast reflects a shift of stress to the second element of Old English /æ͜ɑː/;[2][3] later West Midland chost is a continuation of this form with the usual non-Northern raising of the /ɑː/ resulting from the stress-shift.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ̝ːst(ə)/
      Rhymes: -ɛːst
    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔ̝ːst(ə)/[4] (West Midland)

    Noun

    cheste (plural chestes)

    1. fighting, strife, battle
    2. quarrelling, disputation
      • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
        And þe Erldome of enuye · and wratthe togideres / With þe chastelet of chest · and chateryng oute of resoun.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    3. (rare) turmoil, discord
    References
    1. ^ “chēst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 April 2018.
    2. ^ d'Ardenne, S[imonne] R. T. O. (1961) [1936], “Language”, in Þe Liflade ant te Passiun of Seinte Iuliene (Early English Text Society; 248), London: Oxford University Press for the Early English Text Society, →OCLC, § 22, page 192.
    3. ^ Zettersten, Arne (1965), Studies in the dialect and vocabulary of the Ancrene Riwle (Lund Studies in English; 34)‎[1], Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, →OCLC, page 244.
    4. ^ Menner, Robert J. (November 1926), “Four Notes on the West Midland Dialect”, in Modern Language Notes‎[2], volume 41, number 7, Johns Hopkins University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, page 454.

    Etymology 2

      Inherited from Old English ċest, ċist, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). The final vowel is from the Old English oblique cases.

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛst(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃist(ə)/, /ˈkist(ə)/
      • Rhymes: -ɛst(ə)

      Noun

      cheste (plural chestes)

      1. A large container; a chest or footlocker.
      2. A safe, strongbox; a secure chest for treasured items and possessions.
      3. A coffin or casket (a box where the remains of the dead are stored)
      4. chest, abdomen (central portion of the body; home of the soul in medieval thought)
      5. (rare) A basket or bowl; a container without a top side.
      6. (rare) A separated or divided area; a section.
      Descendants
      • English: chest
      • Scots: kist
      References

      Old Irish

      Verb

      cheste

      1. alternative spelling of chéste
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