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west

  • adverb
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Grammar
west, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §446; §557; §558;
West, westward, to the west, in a westerly direction,
marking the direction of movement
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  • Hér fór se here west ðe eást gelende,

      Chr. 886; Erl. 84, 24: 918; Erl. 102, 23: Cd. Th. 219, 12; Dan. 53.
  • West féran,

      220, 25; Dan. 76: Exon. Th. 412, 7; Rä. 30, 10.
  • Hé west gewíteþ,

      208, 27; Ph. 162.
  • Wódon wælwulfas west ofer Pantan,

      Byrht. Th. 134, 41; By. 97.
  • Ðá wende hé hine west wið Exanceastres,

      Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 10.
  • Se sciphere sigelede west ymbútan, 877 ; Erl. 78, 17.
  • Ðonne heofones gim west onhylde,

      Exon. Th. 174, 32; Gú. 1186.
marking relative position
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  • Seó burh is west ðonon from ðære stówe on ánre míle

    the town is a mile to the west of the place,

      Blickl. Homl. 129, 3.
  • Ðonne se ǽfensteorra biþ west gesewen,

      Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 34: Met. 29, 28.
  • Hé wið ðone here ðǽr wæst ábisgod wæs,

      Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 9.
  • Súð, eást and west,

      Met. 9, 42: 14, 7.
  • Ðæt hé west and norð trymede getimbro,

      Cd. Th. 18, 18; Gen. 275.
  • Ðæt is ðrittiges míla lang east and west,

      Bd. 1, 3 ; S. 475, 19.
  • Wes[t]mest án íglond ligð út on gársecg,

      Met. 16, 11.
Etymology
[Cf. O. Sax. westor: O. Frs. wester: Icel. vestr westwards.]
Similar entries
v. norþ-, súþ-west.
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  • west, adv.