Obs. Also 5 -sterd, -styrt, 5–6 -stert. [f. WAG v. + START sb.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.
