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westan

  • adverb
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Grammar
westan, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§288; §558;
From the west,
marking the direction of movement
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  • Ðæm fultume ðe him westan com,

      Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 15.

  • Monige from eástan and westan (weosta,

      Lind.) cumaþ, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 11.

  • Cymeþ westa (woesta,

      Lind.), Lk. Skt. Rush. 13, 29.

  • Férde se æðeling wæston,

      Chr. 1052; Erl. 152, 6.

  • Westan bróhton,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2030; El. 1016.

  • Somnaþ súþan and norþan, eástan and westan,

      Exon. Th. 220,24; Ph. 325.

  • Se þridda heáfodwind hátte

    zephirus;

    se blǽwð westan,
      Lchdm. iii. 274, 20: Cd. Th. 50, 10; Gen. 806.

  • Ðonne blǽwð súþan and westan wind,

      Met. 6, 8.

  • Swinsiaþ súþan and norþan, eástan and westan,

      Exon. Th. 55, 19; Cri. 886.

  • Gesáwon wé westan ðone leóman sunnan, and se leóma gehrán ðǽm treówum ufonweardum,

      Nar. 28, 23.
marking the direction of measurement
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  • Is seó stów ǽghwanon mid sǽ ymbseald bútan westan

    est locus ille undique mari circumdatus praeter ab occidente

    ,
      Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 10.

  • Se cyng hæfde funden ðæt him mon sæt wið on súþhealfe Sæfernmúþan westan from Wealum eást óþ Afene múþan,

      Chr. 918 ; Erl. 104, 4.
Etymology
[O. Sax. westan : O.Frs. westa: Icel. vestan.]
Similar entries
v. norþan-, súþan-westan; westane.
Linked entries
v.  westane.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “westan.” 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/35434.

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  • westan, adv.

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