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be-east, prep., orig. advb. phr.|biːˈiːst| In 1 be éastan. [OE. be éastan ‘on the east,’ (be ‘by, about,’ éastan ‘from the east,’ f. éast ‘east’); used advb., and also with following dative. In later times only in Sc.] East of.
894O.E. Chron. Of ælcre byriᵹ be eastan Pendredan . ᵹe be westan Seal wuda ᵹe be eastan. 1559–66in Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) 78 Twoe mile be-east the said towne. 1819Blackw. Mag. V. 637 Lodge them be-east the town. |