† ˈwagstart Obs.
Also 5 -sterd, -styrt, 5–6 -stert.
[f. wag v. + start n.1 Cf. MLG. wage-, wakstert; also Da. vip-, Sw. vippstjert, Du. kvikstaartje.]
= wagtail.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 513/2 Wagstert [Winch. MS. Waggestert], byrd, teda, vel toda. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 763/2 Hic tradus, a wagstyrt. 1570 Levins Manip. 33/42 A Wagstarte, motacilla. |