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† ˈwastern Obs.
In 4 wasternne, -urne, Sc. wastrone, -ine.
[Altered form (after waste n.) of ONorthumb. wœ́stern, var. of wésten: see westen.]
A wilderness.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1674 In wasturne walk & wyth þe wylde dowelle. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xviii. (Egipciane) 885 In þis wastrone fra þine haf I dwelt euir contynualy. Ibid. 1125, & faste hame syne ȝed..ewyne throu þe wastrine þat ilke day, þat he come fra þat abbay. a1400Morte Arth. 3233 Woluez, and whilde swynne, and wykkyde bestez Walkede in that wasternne. |