v.
Cl pres 3 sg. vmbekesteʒ
‘cast about, search all around, circle'
(Modern English )A compound of ME prep. umbe- (see vmbe) + kest v.
PGmc Ancestor
*kas(a)tō(j)an-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
kasta ‘to cast, throw’
(ONP kasta (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far kasta, Icel kasta, Norw kasta, Dan kaste, Sw kasta
OE Cognate
Phonological and morphological markers
absence of palatalization of */k/
Summary category
A1c
ME, specially in N and alliterative texts, with a handful of occurrences further afield.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 1434; Cl 478