yester

See also: yester-

English

Etymology

From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English geostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday.

Adverb

yester (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Yesterday.

Adjective

yester (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Of or pertaining to yesterday.

   Synonyms: last, yesterday

   yester eve, yester even(ing), yester morning

Noun

yester (countable and uncountable, plural yesters)

1. (archaic) Yesterday.

Derived terms

terms derived from yester

• yesterday
• yestereve
• yester-hour
• yester-minute
• yestermonth
• yestermorn
• yesternight
• yesternoon
• yesterweek
• yesteryear

Anagrams

• Eyster, Steyer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (attested spaced or hyphenated in a compound): gister, ȝerstene, ȝester, ȝestern, ȝister, ȝursten, ȝuster, yestyr, yhister, yister, yistre
• (only attested unspaced and unhyphenated in a compound): *gyrstæn, *gyrsten, *ȝersten, *ȝerstyn, *ȝist, *ȝistir, *ȝistyr, *ȝurs, *ȝurst, *ȝurster, *ȝurston, *ȝustir, *ȝystur, *inst [read: iust], *yersten, *yerstyr, *yese, *yestir, *yestur, *yistir, *yurst, *yuster

Etymology

From Old English geostran.

Adjective

yester

1. Only used in yesterday, yester morow, yesternyght, yistreven