"suster" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsustər/, /ˈsistər/, /ˈswustər/ [Early-Middle-English], /ˈzustər/ [Southern-Middle-English], /ˈzistər/ [Southern-Middle-English] Forms: sustren [plural], sustres [plural], suster [plural, rare], sustres [genitive], suster [genitive]
Etymology: From Old English sweostor, swustor, sweoster, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *swester, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Some forms are influenced by Old Norse systir. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sweostor}} Old English sweostor, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*swester}} Proto-West Germanic *swester, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*swestēr}} Proto-Germanic *swestēr, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*swésōr}} Proto-Indo-European *swésōr, {{cog|non|systir}} Old Norse systir Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} suster, {{enm-noun|gen=sustres|gen2=suster|pl=sustren|pl2=sustres|pl3=suster|pl3_qual=rare}} suster (plural sustren or sustres or (rare) suster, genitive sustres or suster)
  1. A sister or step-sister; a female sibling. Categories (topical): Female family members, Monasticism
    Sense id: en-suster-enm-noun-7lsXQYw5 Disambiguation of Female family members: 71 15 4 10 Disambiguation of Monasticism: 39 17 29 15 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 47 22 6 25
  2. A (Christian) woman (i.e. as a "sister in life/Christ")
    Sense id: en-suster-enm-noun-dKX5Vxxy
  3. A nun, anchoress; a woman living a religious lifestyle.
    Sense id: en-suster-enm-noun-hUOZDWbV
  4. (nautical) A catch to secure cords at sea. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-suster-enm-noun-l1YhiikH Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: susterhede, suster-in-lawe
Synonyms: cyster, cystyr, scyster, sister, sistir, soster, souster, sustir, syster, systir, systyr, swuster [Early-Middle-English], sussterr [Ormulum], zoster [Kent]

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