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eást-ern

  • adjective
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Substitute: eásterne; adj.
marking position.
in the east
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  • Leóht eásternes tungles

    lux eoi sideris,

      Hy. S. 22, 9.
of the east part of the world, eastern
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  • Of Asian lande þæs eásternan ríces,

      Hml. S. 25, 752.
  • Eásterne tungelwítegan

    eoi magi,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 58.
  • Þá eásternan tungelwítegan,

      Hml. Th. i. 106, 24.
  • Þá eásternan and Gréciscean munecas,

      Hex. 32, 6.
  • Of eásternum leódum, Hml. S. 28, 9: Hml. Th. i. 486, 10. (2 a) used substantively,

    an Eastern, an oriental

    :-- Ealle þá Eásternan and þá
      Egiptiscan, Lch. iii. 256, 6.
  • Þone regol ðá Eásternan and eác swylce Grécas healdað,

      Hml. S. 3, 146.
  • Se wer (

    Job

    ) wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum
      Eásternum, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 15.
marking direction of the wind,
east, from the east
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  • Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind,

      Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315.
Etymology
[O. Sax. óstroni: O. H. Ger. óstróni: Icel. austrænn.]
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v. súþ-, súþan-eásterne.
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  • eást-ern, adj.