filst

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English fylstan (to aid, support, help, protect), contraction of Old English fullǣstan (to help, support), from ful-, full- (full-, fully) + lǣstan (to follow, help, serve, perform, do, carry out, accomplish, endure, last, continue, furnish, pay, grant), equivalent to full- +‎ last. Cognate with Old Saxon fullēstian (to help, aid), Old High German fulleistjan (to help, aid).

Verb

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filst (third-person singular simple present filsteth, present participle filstende, filstynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle filsted)

  1. (transitive) To help; aid.
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