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eástane

  • adverb
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Grammar
eástane, (-ene); adv.
marking direction of movement,
from the east
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  • Gif hé eástane of Asiam Italiam gesóhte,

      Ors. 3, 8; S. 122, 28.
  • Þonne hé eft wǽre eástane (-ene,

    v. l.

    ) hámweard,
      6, 31; S. 286, 10.
marking direction of measurement, v. eástan,
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  • Þá beorgas onginnað ǽrest eástane of þǽm gársecge and þonne licgað west*-*ryhte,

      1, 1; S. 14, 8.
  • Dioclitianus and Maximianus bebudon éhtnesse, Dioclitianus eástane (-ene,

    v. l.) (in oriente ),

      6, 30; S. 280, 18.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. H. Ger. óstana.]
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  • eástane, adv.