beaste in Middle English

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          "text": "1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)48/155 : Hye you lest this water fall That eyche beaste were in stall."
        },
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          "text": "c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)1142 : Tho [read: who; L qui] priked on a playne feelde þe perelous beaste, Hee shall raigne as a ryng ryall and noble."
        },
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          "text": "-?-(1474) Ordin.Househ.Pr.Edw.32* : The purveyors of beeves and muttons, of calves and lambes..hath to theire fees..the intrayles of every beaste excepte the oxe feete and the uthers."
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        "(Late Middle English) Alternative form of beeste"
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  "word": "beaste"
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    {
      "form": "beastes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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          "text": "1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)48/155 : Hye you lest this water fall That eyche beaste were in stall."
        },
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          "text": "c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)1142 : Tho [read: who; L qui] priked on a playne feelde þe perelous beaste, Hee shall raigne as a ryng ryall and noble."
        },
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          "text": "-?-(1474) Ordin.Househ.Pr.Edw.32* : The purveyors of beeves and muttons, of calves and lambes..hath to theire fees..the intrayles of every beaste excepte the oxe feete and the uthers."
        }
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"beaste" meaning in Middle English

Noun