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† wastine Obs.
Forms: 2–4 wastine, 3 -ene, -in, 4 -ayne, -eyn(e, -yne, -en.
[a. OF. wastine, guastine, gastine: f. root of wast waste a.]
A wild, uncultivated tract of country; a desert region, wilderness.
a1175Lamb. Hom. 141 Sunnedei smat Moyses þene stan ine þe wastine. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 161 Ðis woreldes biwest is efned to wastene, for þat þe hit is ferren atleien holie tilðe. a1300Cursor M. 5801 In wildrin land and in wastin I wil þam bring of þair nocin. 13..K. Alis. 7097 Unicornes they fond in that wasten [Laud MS. wastayne]. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 6112 An ermyte woned fer ouer a doune, Yn a wasteyne, fer fro þe toune. 1338― Chron. (1810) 75 Alle mad he [William] wasteyn, pastur, medow & korn. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints ii. (Paul) 838 [He] fled allane owt of þe towne, willand in wastine vpe and done. |