"wast" meaning in Middle English

See wast in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /waːst/, /wast/ Forms: waste [plural], waste [singular, weak]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Northern French wast (adjective), from Frankish *wōstī, from Proto-Germanic *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to desert”). Doublet of weste (“deserted”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|adjective}}, {{bor+|enm|fro-nor|wast|pos=adjective}} Borrowed from Old Northern French wast (adjective), {{der|enm|frk|*wōstī}} Frankish *wōstī, {{der|enm|gem-pro||*wōstuz}} Proto-Germanic *wōstuz, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-|t=to desert}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to desert”), {{doublet|enm|weste|id1=adjective|t1=deserted}} Doublet of weste (“deserted”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|waste||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} wast (plural and weak singular waste), {{enm-adj|waste}} wast (plural and weak singular waste)
  1. uncultivated, deserted, desolate
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-adj-VgzlVTQs
  2. extravagant, wasteful, excessive
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-adj-kPp2Od4C
  3. useless, empty, meaningless
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-adj-cSKUUL5p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vaste, waest, waast, waist, waste Related terms: wasten, wastful, wastite, wastour, wastyne
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /waːst/, /wast/ Forms: wastes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Northern French wast (noun), from the adjective. Doublet of weste (“wilderness”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|noun}}, {{bor+|enm|fro-nor|wast|pos=noun}} Borrowed from Old Northern French wast (noun), {{doublet|enm|weste|id1=noun|t1=wilderness}} Doublet of weste (“wilderness”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wast, {{enm-noun|wastes}} wast (plural wastes)
  1. Uncultivated or deserted land; wilderness.
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-noun-Oue1~A7u
  2. Devastation, ruination; making waste.
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-noun-ZBLISxLS
  3. (property law) Damage to property or that which causes it. Categories (topical): Property law
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-noun-Dw7lPXOY Topics: law, property
  4. The utilisation or expenditure of resources:
    Extravagant or wasteful consumption.
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-noun-HL5nwCRA
  5. The utilisation or expenditure of resources:
    Useless or ineffectual behaviour; futility.
    Categories (topical): Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-noun-fBcGmTfr Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 42 1 1 1 13 34
  6. (rare) Waste, rubbish; useless things. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-noun-Wy3Bvdlu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: waast, waste
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /waːst/, /wast/ Forms: wastes [plural]
Etymology: Apparently inherited from Old English *wæst, *wæxt, *weahst, from Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz; compare waxen (“to grow”). Forms with /aː/ may be due to the analogy of the variation between /aː/ and /a/ in Etymologies 1 and 2. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|waist}}, {{glossary|inherited}} inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|*wæst|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English *wæst, {{inh+|enm|ang|*wæst|nocap=1}} inherited from Old English *wæst, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wahstu}} Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wahstuz}} Proto-Germanic *wahstuz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wast, {{enm-noun|wastes}} wast (plural wastes)
  1. (uncommon) waist (bottom of the chest). Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-noun-P1wewolo
  2. (rare) waist (middle portion of a ship's hull) Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-noun-sPSNPEkV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: waast, waist, waste, wacst [Early-Middle-English]
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /wast/
Etymology: From was + -est; partially replacing earlier were. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|verb form}}, {{af|enm|was|-est}} was + -est Head templates: {{head|enm|verb form}} wast
  1. (Late Middle English) second-person singular past indicative of been Tags: Late-Middle-English, form-of, indicative, past, second-person, singular Form of: been Categories (topical): Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-verb-kUvy3TKF Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 42 1 1 1 13 34 Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English terms suffixed with -est
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: waste
Etymology number: 4

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} wast
  1. Alternative form of wasten Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wasten Categories (topical): Anatomy, Human behaviour
    Sense id: en-wast-enm-verb-pSX3tx5B Disambiguation of Anatomy: 0 0 0 1 1 1 11 11 1 13 13 6 39 Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 42 1 1 1 13 34 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 1 4 2 3 4 25 7 2 8 9 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "was",
        "3": "-est"
      },
      "expansion": "was + -est",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From was + -est; partially replacing earlier were.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Middle English",
        "Middle English second-person singular past forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "been"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular past indicative of been"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "been",
          "been#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Middle English) second-person singular past indicative of been"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wast/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "waste"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wast"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Anatomy",
    "enm:Human behaviour",
    "sco:Compass points"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 5,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "verb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wasten"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of wasten"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wasten",
          "wasten#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wast"
}

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