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eástan

  • adverb
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eástan, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
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marking direction of movement
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  • Forð oferfóran folcmǽro land eástan ǽfæste men,

      Gen. 1802.
  • Eástan hider Engle and Seaxe úp becómon,

      Chr. 973; P. 110, 3.
  • Gotan eástan of Sciðþia sceldas lǽddon,

      Met. 1, 1: Víd. 8. I a. of wind :-- Þone stearcan wind norþan and eástan, Bt. 4; F. 8, 6: Met. 12, 15. I b. of light :--
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  • Þis ne dagað eástan, Fin 3.
marking direction of measurement, giving quarter from which measurement is made
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  • Affrica onginð eástan westwerd fram Egyptum æt þǽre ee þe man Nilus hǽt

    measured from the east westwards Africa starts from Egypt at the river Nile,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 32.
  • Se morgensteorra cymþ eástan úp,

      Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 4: Met. 29, 20, 26.
Etymology
[O. Sax. óstan: Icel. austan.]
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v. be-, norþan-, súþan-, wiþ-eástan; cf. westan.
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  • eástan, adv.