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},
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},
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"etymology_text": "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”).",
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"ref": "1875, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch",
"text": "Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.",
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},
{
"ref": "1904, Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale",
"text": "Lookee, thee bist purty, my love; lookee, thee bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.",
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},
{
"text": "Where bist goin'.\nWhere are you going?"
},
{
"text": "How bist?\nHow are you?"
}
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"Used to form the second person singular of be."
],
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"qualifier": "Black Country; Bristol; Black Country; Bristol",
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"(UK dialectal, Black Country, Bristol, West Country, Northern England) Used to form the second person singular of be."
],
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"etymology_text": "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”).",
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms suffixed with -est",
"English terms with quotations",
"English verbs",
"Northern England English",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Rhymes:English/ɪst",
"Rhymes:English/ɪst/1 syllable",
"West Country English"
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{
"ref": "1875, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch",
"text": "Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1904, Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale",
"text": "Lookee, thee bist purty, my love; lookee, thee bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "Where bist goin'.\nWhere are you going?"
},
{
"text": "How bist?\nHow are you?"
}
],
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"Used to form the second person singular of be."
],
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"be",
"be#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "Black Country; Bristol; Black Country; Bristol",
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"(UK dialectal, Black Country, Bristol, West Country, Northern England) Used to form the second person singular of be."
],
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"UK",
"West-Country",
"dialectal"
]
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}
],
"word": "bist"
}
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