westan
Middle English edit
Noun edit
westan
- Alternative form of westen (“west”)
Northern Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
westan f
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *wōstijan (“to lay waste”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
wēstan
Conjugation edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
- Middle English: westen
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *westanā, from Proto-Germanic *westanē.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
westan
- from the west
Descendants edit
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English westan, from Old English westan.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
westan
- west
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 79:
- Westan wyeene.
- The west wind.
References edit
- 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