1to get ready, prepare:
(
s.xiiiin;
MS: s.xiii2
)
‘Seynurs’, fet il, ‘alez vus prester’
1601
(
1280-1307;
MS: s.xiv1
)
Walays a fuyr tapisaunt se prest
(vars. s’apreste (L)MS: s.xv1), En mores et mountaynes de roberye se pest
415.2242
1(of a person) ready, waiting to serve or assist:
(
c.1200;
MS: c.1200
)
fai quanque faire voldras, Kar a tut prestee
(vars. preste (P)MS: s.xiii2) me verras
2502