† awestev.

Forms: Old English awæstan (rare), Old English awest (3rd singular present indicative), Old English awestan, Old English awoestan (rare), Old English–early Middle English awest (past participle), Old English–early Middle English aweste (past tense), early Middle English awæste (south-west midlands, past tense), early Middle English aweste.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Saxon awōstian , Old High German arwuosten (Middle High German erwüesten ) < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of weste v.The early Middle English past participle form awest in quot. c1300 could alternatively be interpreted as showing a variant of i-west , past participle of either wēste or i-wēste (see weste v., and compare a- prefix² 2).

Obsolete.

transitive. To destroy (something), esp. to lay waste to (a country, town, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.)

harryc893

fordoc900

awesteeOE

westeeOE

losec950

harrowc1000

destroyc1230

wastec1275

ravishc1325

to lie waste1338

exilea1382

to-wastea1382

unronea1400

desolatea1425

vast1434

fruster?a1513

to lay waste1535

wipe1535

devast1537

depopulate1548

populate1552

forwaste1563

ruinate1564

havoc1575

scourge1576

dispopulate1588

destitute1593

ravage1602

harassa1618

devastate1638

execute1679

to make stroy of1682

to lay in ashes1711

untown1783

hell-rake1830

uncity1850

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. x. 29 Hie..him æfterfolgiende wæron, & ealle Ægypte awestan buton þæm fenlondum anum.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1087 Þa ferdon hi & hergodon & bærndon & aweston þæs cynges feorme hames.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14640 Þus wes Chirenchestre and his londes aweste.

c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 4164 Mi lond he haueþ al awest [c1275 Calig. i-west].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	aweste
释义	† awestev. Forms: Old English awæstan (rare), Old English awest (3rd singular present indicative), Old English awestan, Old English awoestan (rare), Old English–early Middle English awest (past participle), Old English–early Middle English aweste (past tense), early Middle English awæste (south-west midlands, past tense), early Middle English aweste. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Saxon awōstian , Old High German arwuosten (Middle High German erwüesten ) < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of weste v.The early Middle English past participle form awest in quot. c1300 could alternatively be interpreted as showing a variant of i-west , past participle of either wēste or i-wēste (see weste v., and compare a- prefix² 2). Obsolete. transitive. To destroy (something), esp. to lay waste to (a country, town, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.) harryc893 fordoc900 awesteeOE westeeOE losec950 harrowc1000 destroyc1230 wastec1275 ravishc1325 to lie waste1338 exilea1382 to-wastea1382 unronea1400 desolatea1425 vast1434 fruster?a1513 to lay waste1535 wipe1535 devast1537 depopulate1548 populate1552 forwaste1563 ruinate1564 havoc1575 scourge1576 dispopulate1588 destitute1593 ravage1602 harassa1618 devastate1638 execute1679 to make stroy of1682 to lay in ashes1711 untown1783 hell-rake1830 uncity1850 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) i. x. 29 Hie..him æfterfolgiende wæron, & ealle Ægypte awestan buton þæm fenlondum anum. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1087 Þa ferdon hi & hergodon & bærndon & aweston þæs cynges feorme hames. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14640 Þus wes Chirenchestre and his londes aweste. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 4164 Mi lond he haueþ al awest [c1275 Calig. i-west]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.eOE
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