Obs. Also 3–4 lest. [a. ON. lǫst-r (genit. lastar, dat. lesti):—OTeut. *lahst-uz, f. *lah-, whence OHG. lahan, OE. léan to blame. Cf. LAHTER.] A fault, vice, sin; blame; also, a physical blemish.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 145. Summe men luuieð … galiche lectres and luðere lastes.
c. 1200. Ormin, 4522. Forr grediȝnesse iss hefiȝ lasst Biforenn Godess eȝhne.
c. 1205. Lay., 22974. Þe mon þe him weore lað him cuðe last finde.
c. 1300. Cursor M., 22324 (Edin.). Wiþoutin laste al his liccame.
a. 1310. in Wright, Lyric P., x. 37. Betere is were thunne boute laste, then syde robes ant synke into synne.
c. 1380. Sir Ferumb., 459. For þoȝ y ben in batail schent it ys no lest for hem.
