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wéste

  • adjective
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wéste, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
of open country,
waste, uncultivated and uninhabited, desert
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  • Ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste, búton ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oþþe fisceras,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29: 1, 10; Swt. 48, 25.

  • Ðeós stów ys wéste

    desertus est locus

    ,
      Mt. Kmbl. 14, 15.

  • Is sǽd ðæt ðæt land wéste (

    desertus

    ) wunige,
      Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 27.

  • Ball (

    all of the earth

    ) ðæt on eallum ðeódum wéstes ligeþ,
      Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 15.

  • On wéstere (wéstre,

    v. l.

    ) stówe,
      Lk. Skt. 9, 12.

  • On wéstum lande

    in terra deserta

    ,
      Deut. 32, 10.

  • Hé férde on wéste stówe,

      Mk. Skt. 1, 35 : 6, 31, 32: Lk. Skt. 4, 42 : 9, 10: Exon. Th. 209, 12; Ph. 169.

  • Hé sealde him wéste land,

      Ps. Th. 77, 55.

  • Hé ne mihte on ða ceastre gán, ac beón úte on wéstum stówum,

      Mk. Skt. 1, 45.

  • Of ðissum wídum, wéstum mórum

    a desertis montibus,

      Ps. Th. 77, 6.
waste, empty, unused
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  • Seó grundleáse swelgend hæfþ swíþe manegu wéste holu on tó gadrianne,

      Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 32.
waste, useless, unproductive
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  • Hé geseah deorc gesweorc semian sweart under roderum, wonn and wéste,

      Cd. Th. 7, 22; Gen. 110.
of habitations,
waste, deserted, desolate
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  • Byð eówer hús eów wéste (

    deserta

    ) forlǽten,
      Mt. Kmbl. 23, 38.

  • Wese wíc heora wéste (woestu,

      Ps. Surt.) and ídel, Ps. Th. 68, 26.

  • Wéste (wóstu,

      Ps. Surt.), 108, 7.

  • Hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre,

      Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 5.

  • Hé gesyhð wínsele wéstne,

      Beo. Th. 4903; B. 2456.

  • On wéste wíc,

      Cd. Th. 128, 25; Gen. 2132.

  • Babylonia, seó ðe mǽst wæs and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is nú læst and wéstast,

      Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 23.
waste, spoiled
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  • Ðonne ealle ðisse worulde wela wéste stondeþ,

      Exon. Th. 290, 33 ; Wand. 74.
deprived, devoid (with gen.)
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  • Bið on eorðan wéste (wésðe,

    v. l.

    ) wísdómes, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian,
      Salm. Kmbl. 43; Sal. 22.
Etymology
[O. Sax. wósti: O. Frs. wóste : O. H. Ger. wuosti solus, desertus, solitarius, vastus.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wéste.” 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/35445.

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