† wasternn.
Obsolete.
A wilderness.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun]
westerneOE
weste landOE
wastinea1175
westec1175
wastec1200
wildernc1200
wildernessc1200
wildernessc1230
warlottc1290
forestc1320
wastyc1325
deserta1398
wastern?a1400
wildnessa1513
the wilds of1600
vastness1605
vastacy1607
roughet1616
wild1637
wildland1686
bush1780
wastage1823
mesquite1834
wasteland1887
mulga1896
virgin bush1905
boondock1944
boonies1954
virgin land1955
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3233 Woluez, and whilde swynne, and wykkyde bestez Walkede in that wasternne.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1674 In wasturne walk & wyth þe wylde dowelle.
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 885 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 321 In þis wastrone fra þine haf I dwelt euir contynualy.
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 1125 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 328 & faste hame syne ȝed..ewyne throu þe wastrine þat ilke day, þat he come fra þat abbay.
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