weste

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English wēste, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstī, from Proto-Germanic *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (to desert). Doublet of weste (deserted).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈweːst(ə)/, /ˈwɛst(ə)/

Adjective

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weste

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English) uncultivated, deserted, desolate
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Noun

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weste

  1. (Early Middle English, rare) wasteland, wilderness

References

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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weste

  1. Alternative form of westen (to move west)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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weste

  1. Alternative form of westen (to devastate)

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wōstī (waste, desolate).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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wēste

  1. 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;
  2. void

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: weste, west, wesste (Ormulum)