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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wēste, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstī, from Proto-Germanic *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to desert”). Doublet of weste (“deserted”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweːst(ə)/, /ˈwɛst(ə)/
Adjective
weste
- (chiefly Early Middle English) uncultivated, deserted, desolate
Noun
weste
- (Early Middle English, rare) wasteland, wilderness
References
- “wẹ̄ste, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “wẹ̄ste, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Verb
weste
- Alternative form of westen (“to move west”)
Etymology 3
Verb
weste
- Alternative form of westen (“to devastate”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wōstī (“waste, desolate”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
wēste
- desolate, waste, barren, deserted; uninhabited, empty
10th century, The Wanderer:Onġietan sċeal glēaw hæle · hū gǣstlīċ bið,
þonne ealle þisse worulde wela · wēste stondeð;- A wise man must understand how spiritual it is
when all wealth of this world stands empty;
- void
Declension
Declension of wēste — Strong
Declension of wēste — Weak
Descendants