westan

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Middle English

Noun

westan

  1. Alternative form of westen (“west”)

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Noun

westan f

  1. weariness, fatigue, tiredness
    Synonym: qefîlî

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wōstijan (“to lay waste”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

wēstan

  1. to ravage, spoil
  2. to lay waste, devastate; desolate
Conjugation
Conjugation of wēstan (weak class 1)
infinitive wēstan wēstenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular wēste wēste
second person singular wēstest, wēst wēstest
third person singular wēsteþ, wēst wēste
plural wēstaþ wēston
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular wēste wēste
plural wēsten wēsten
imperative
singular wēst
plural wēstaþ
participle present past
wēstende (ġe)wēsted
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: westen

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *westanā, from Proto-Germanic *westanē.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

westan

  1. from the west
Descendants

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English westen, from Old English westan.

Pronunciation

Adjective

westan

  1. west
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 79:
      Westan wyeene.
      The west wind.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 78
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