† yˈlast, v. Obs.
Forms: 1–5 ᵹelæstan, etc. as in last v.1; also 3–4 ylaste, yleste. pa. tense 1 ᵹelæste, 2 ȝelest, 3–4 ilast(e, ilest(e, 3–5 ylast(e. pa. pple. 1 ᵹelæst, ᵹelæsted, 2 ᵹelest, 3 ilæst, ilast, 4 ylast(ed.
[OE. ᵹelǽstan: see y- 3 c and last v.1]
1. trans. To carry out, perform: = last v.1 1 b.
| Beowulf 524 Beot eal wið þe sunu Beanstanes soðe ᵹelæste. c 888 ælfred Boeth. xxxvi. §4 Ic eac nauht ne tweoᵹe ðæt ðu hit mæᵹ e ᵹelæstan. a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. 2762 He..hæfde wordbeot leofum ᵹelæsted. a 1122 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1012 Ða þet gafol ᵹelest wæs. a 1200 Moral Ode 242 Þa þe gode biheten heste and nolden hit ileste. c 1205 Lay. 31109 Ȝif þu miht under criste Þis forward me ileste. |
2. intr. To last, continue, endure; = last v.1 2.
| a 1000 Boeth. Metr. vii. 19 Ne mæᵹ hæleþa ᵹehwæm hus on munte lange ᵹelæstan. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 157 Wa is mine saule þet mi lif þus longe ilest. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 151 Letitia sempiterna, þat is ilestende liht. a 1250 Prov. ælfred 387 in O.E. Misc. 126 Alle world-ayhte schulle bi-cumen to nouhte... And vre owe lif lutel hwile ileste. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 208 Þe bataile of troye þat ilast vale ȝer. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. iii. 191 [Þow] wendest þat wyntre wolde han y-lasted euere. c 1400 St. Jer. 15 Tokens 32 Leuere had his owen moder in helle pyne to be, Al þe while þe dom ylast, þan her sones face to see. |
b. To stretch, extend; = last v.1 4.
| a 1175 Cott. Hom. 231 His land ȝelest wide and side. |