westan

westan

1. Alternative form of westen (“west”)

• IPA^(key): /wɛsˈtɑːn/

westan f

1. weariness, fatigue, tiredness

   Synonym: qefîlî

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

• wœ̄stan

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːs.tɑn/

wēstan

1. to ravage, spoil
2. to lay waste, devastate; desolate

• āwēstan
• ġewēstan
• onwēstan

• Middle English: westen

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

• westane

• IPA^(key): /ˈwes.tɑn/

westan

1. from the west

• Middle English: westen, westan, westene
  • Yola: westan

From Middle English westen, from Old English westan.

• IPA^(key): /wɛsˈtiːn/

westan

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

     Westan wyeene.

     The west wind.

• 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