besting - Middle English Compendium

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beestings, n.

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bȳsting

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Middle English Dictionary Entry

bẹ̄sting n.

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Entry Info

Forms	bẹ̄sting n. Also bes(t)ning.
Etymology	Cp. OE bēost, WS bȳsting.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. best n.

1.

The first milk after parturition, beestings.

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a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)15b/b : Colostrum: bestynge.
(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)33 : Beestnynge, mylke [vr. bestnynge]: Collustrum.
?a1475 PParv.(Win)37 : Bestynggis, melkis: Colustrum.
?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)13a : Bestyng: hoc Colustrum.
?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)793/14 : Hoc tolustrum [read: colustrum]: Anglice, besning.