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wésten

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wésten, wésten[n], wéstern (in northern dialect), es, e ; m. f. n.
Wright's OE grammar
§221; §335; §358; §600;
A desert, wilderness
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  • Wésten desertum vel

    heremus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 62.
  • Wǽsten,

      80, 35.
  • Wíd is ðes wésten,

      Exon. Th. 120, 5 ; Gú. 267.
  • Andlang ðæs wéstenes,

      Jos. 8, 16.
  • Wéstennes (on wéstenne,

    v. l.

    ) weard,
      Salm. Kmbl. 167 ; Sal. 83.
  • Woesternes

    exterminii

    ,
      Rtl. 86, 18.
  • Hig cómon tó ðam wéstene (

    in solitudine

    ),
      Gen. 21, 14.
  • On wéstenne,

      Cd. Th. 137, 17; Gen. 2275.
  • Tó Sinai wéstene

    in solitudinem Sinai

    ,
      Ex. 19, 1.
  • On wéstenne,

      Cd. Th. 178, 7; Exod. 8: 185, 15; Exod. 123.
  • Tó ðam wéstene Sin

    in desertum Sin

    ,
      Num. 20, 1.
  • On wéstene (woestenne, Ps. Surt.)

    in solitudine

    ,
      Ps. Th. 54, 7.
  • On ðisum wéstene (woestenne. Ps. Surt.) wídum and sídum

    in deserto

    ,
      77, 20.
  • On wéstenne,

      77, 40.
  • On ðam wéstene (woestenne,

      Rush. : woestern, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 3, 1.
  • Wéstene (wéstinne,

      Rush.), 3, 3.
  • On ðisum wéstene (woesterne, Rush. : woestern, Lind.)

    in solitudine

    ,
      Mk. Skt. 8, 4.
  • On ðís wéstene (wǽstenne, Rush. : woestern, Lind.)

    in deserto

    ,
      Mt. Kmbl. 15, 33.
  • Tó wéstenne,

      Blickl. Homl. 165, 3 : 169, 4.
  • Se hrefen fédde Héliam, ðam eode hé tó ðam wésterne (-nne?), and him þénode,

      Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 9.
  • On woesterne,

      Rtl. 56, 27.
  • Ofer wéstenne (

    chaos

    ),
      Cd. Th. 8, 16; Gen. 125.
  • On ðæt wésten in desertum, Ex. 4, 27:

    in solitudinem

    ,
      5, 3.
  • On án wésten,

      15, 22.
  • On wésten (woestenne, Rush. : woestern, Lind.)

    in desertum

    ,
      Mt. Kmbl. 4, 1: Blickl. Homl. 35, 6.
  • Hé wæs geond ðæt wésten sundorgenga,

      199, 5.
  • Wildeóra wésten,

      Cd. Th. 255, 10; Dan. 622.
  • Þurh wésten

    per devia,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 76.
  • On ðæt wídgille wésten,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 729.
  • Ofer ða wéstenne (-u,

    v. l.

    ),
      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 16, 35.
  • Mid mistlícum wéstenum,

      Bt. 18, 2 ; Fox 62, 36.
  • On wéstennum,

      Exon. Th. 107, 2; Gú. 52.
  • Þurh wéstenas,

      Ps. Th. 77, 52.
  • Geond wéstena,

      67, 8.
  • Geond wéstenu,

      10, 1.
  • On ða wéstenu middangeardes

    in desertas orbis terrarum solitudines

    ,
      Nar. 6, 5.
  • Gynd wéstnu

    per auia

    ,
      Germ. 391, 40.
Etymology
[A westene in the wilderness, O. E. Homl. i. 245, 5. O. Sax. wóstun (dat. wóstunni); wóstunnia (-innia) ; f. : O. L. Ger. wóstinna; wk. f. : O. Frs. wóstene, wéstene: O. H. Ger. wuostinna (-unna) ; f]
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