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Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to āwēstan + -end, more at wēstan.
Pronunciation
Noun
Awestend m
- a destroyer, devastator, ravager
- the angel Abaddon or Apollyon
- c. 1010-16, Wulfstan's Homilies
Þone āwyrgedan engel þone men Āwēstend hātað.- The accursed angel whom men call Waster.
Declension
Declension of Āwēstend (strong nd-stem)
- āwēstan (“to lay waste, destroy, devastate, ravage”)
- wēsten (“wasteland, desert, wilderness”)
- wēste (“waste, uncultivated, desert, empty”)
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