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a-wéstan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
a-wéstan, p. -wéste; pp. -wésted [-wéstd], -wést [a intensive, wéstan to waste]
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To waste, lay waste, depopulate, ravage, destroy; vastare, devastare, desertum facere, desolare
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  • Hí awéste

    eam vastavit,

    • Jos. 10, 39
      • .

  • Hí ealle Ægypta awéston

    they laid waste all Egypt,

    • Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 26
      • .

  • Troia awésted wæs

    Troy was laid waste,

    • 2, 2 ; Bos. 40, 28
      • .

  • Eall seó þeóð awést wearþ

    all the nation was laid waste,

    • 3, 9; Bos. 66, 17, 19, 21
      • .

  • Sý wunung heora awést

    fiat habitatio eorum deserta,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 68, 30
      • .

  • Wiðútan awést híg sweord

    swerd with outforth schal waaste [destroy] hem,

    • Wyc
      • ;
    foris vastabit eos gladius,
    • Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 a, 25
      • .

  • His stede oððe stówe híg awéston

    locum ejus desolaverunt,

    • Ps. Lamb. 78, 7
      • .
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v.  a-wǽstan a-wést a-wéstendnes.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “a-wéstan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/2702.

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