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EÁST

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
EÁST, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §446; §558;
The EAST; ŏriens
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  • Óþ Indéas eáste wearde

    unto the Indies towards the east,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 16,
    • 36;
    • Met. 16,
    • 18.
  • Sió sunne norþ eft and eást otéweþ the sun appears again in the north and east, i. e.

    in the north-east,

    • 13,
    • 118;
    • Met. 13,
    • 59.
  • Ðæt eálond on Wiht is þrittiges míla lang eást and west; and twelf míla brád súþ and norþ

    Vecta insŭla hăbet ab ŏriente in occāsum triginta circĭter mīlia passuum; ab austro in bŏream duodĕcim,

    • Bd. I. 3
    • ;
    • S. 475,
    • 19.
Etymology
[
Wyc. est, eest:
Piers P. eest:
Chauc. est:
Laym. æst, east:
Orm. æst:
Plat. oost:
O. Sax. óst-ar towards the east:
Frs. æst, east:
O. Frs. asta, ost:
Dut. oost, oosten, n:
Ger. ost, osten, m:
M. H. Ger. ósten, n:
O. H. Ger. óst, óstan, m:
Dan. öst, östen, öster:
Swed. öster, m:
Icel, austr, m
.]
Derived forms
eástan, eástan-súþan, Eást-Centingas, -dǽl, -ende, -Engle, -folc, -Francan, -healf, -land, -lang, -ríce, -rihte, -sǽ, -Seaxte, eáster-ǽfen, -dæg, -fæsten, -feorm, -líc, -mónaþ, -niht, -þénung, -tíd, -wuce
Linked entries
v.  Eást eásta.
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  • EÁST, n.