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==Afrikaans==

===Noun===
{{head|af|noun form}}

# {{plural of|af|bees}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|beste|beest|best|beast|beaste}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|enm|fro|beste}}, from {{der|enm|la|bestia}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈbɛːst(ə)/|/ˈbɛst(ə)/}}

===Noun===
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# An [[animal]] or [[creature]] {{gloss|life in the kingdom ''[[Animalia]]'', sometimes including mankind}}:
## A {{gloss|[[landborne]] and [[mammalian]]}} [[quadruped]].
## A creature used as [[livestock]]; a [[domesticated]] animal.
##* {{RQ:William of Palerne|6|12|lines=198-199|Hit tidde after on a time · as tellus our bokes / as þis bold barn his '''beſtes''' · blybeliche keped{{...}}|Afterwards, as our books record, it happened one day that / while this brave child was peacefully looking after his '''animals'''{{...}}}}
# An [[evil]] being; a [[demon]] or [[monster]].
# A [[beast]]; a powerful [[fantastic]] or [[mythological]] creature.
#* {{RQ:Wycliffe NT Lichfield|book=Revelation|chapter=4|verse=7|leaf=118|side=v|column=2|passage=⁊ þe firſte '''beeſte''' .· liyk a lioun / ⁊ þe ſecounde '''beeſte''' .· lijk a calf / ⁊ þe þꝛidde '''beeſte''' .· hauynge a face as of a man / ⁊ þe fourþe '''beeſte''' .· liyk an egle fleynge|translation= And the first '''beast''' [was] like a lion; and the second '''beast''' [was] like a calf; and the third '''beast''' had a face like a human; and the fourth '''beast''' [was] like an eagle flying.}}
# A [[person]] who is [[merciless]] or [[unforgiving]].
# A [[simpleton]]; an [[ignorant]] individual.

====Related terms====
* {{l|enm|beestly}}
* {{l|enm|bestaile}}
* {{l|enm|bestial}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|beast}}
* {{desc|sco|beast}}
* {{desc|yol|beast}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=bēst(e|pos=n|id=MED4239 |accessdate=2019-02-17}}

{{C|enm|Animals|Livestock|Mammals|People}}