Middle English

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Noun

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westan

  1. Alternative form of westen (west)

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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westan f

  1. weariness, fatigue, tiredness
    Synonym: qefîlî

Old English

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Etymology 1

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

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Verb

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wēstan

  1. to ravage, spoil
  2. to lay waste, devastate; desolate
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  • Middle English: westen

Etymology 2

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

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Adverb

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westan

  1. from the west
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Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English westen, from Old English westan.

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Adjective

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westan

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

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  • 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