"quiste" meaning in Middle English

See quiste in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kwist/, /kwɛst/ Forms: questes [plural], queste [alternative], quyst [alternative], quist [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English *cwiss, from Proto-Germanic *kwissiz; the consonantism is from influence from quethen. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|*cwiss}} Old English *cwiss, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*kwissiz}} Proto-Germanic *kwissiz Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} quiste, {{enm-noun|pl=questes}} quiste (plural questes)
  1. (rare) One's will and testament. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-quiste-enm-noun-eHjWTF6O Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Law Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Law: 93 7
  2. (Late Middle English, rare) Bequest, inheritance Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-quiste-enm-noun-6VWwiSJS Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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