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Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0061, entry 6
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a-wstan; p. -wste ; pp. -wsted ; v. trans. To waste, lay waste, eat up; vastare, carpere :-- Swá swá oxa gewunaþ to awstenne gærs quo modo solet bos herbas carpere, Num. 22, 4. v. a-wéstan.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0062, entry 23
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a-wést; part. Wasted, laid waste, waste, desert; vastatus, desertus :-- Awést wearþ was laid waste, Ors. 3, 9 ; Bos. 66, 17, 19, 21: Ps. Spl. T. 68, 30. v. a-wéstan.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0062, entry 24
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a-wéstan; p. -wéste; pp. -wésted [-wéstd], -wést [a intensive, wéstan to waste] To waste, lay waste, depopulate, ravage, destroy; vastare, devastare, desertum facere, desolare :-- awéste eam vastavit, Jos. 10, 39. ealle Ægypta awéston they laid waste all Egypt, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 26. Troia awésted wæs Troy was laid waste, 2, 2 ; Bos. 40, 28. Eall seó þeóð awést wearþ all the nation was laid waste, 3, 9; Bos. 66, 17, 19, 21. wunung heora awést fiat habitatio eorum deserta, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 30. Wiðútan awést híg sweord swerd with outforth schal waaste [destroy] hem, Wyc; foris vastabit eos gladius, Cant. Moys. Isrl. Lamb. 193 a, 25. His stede oððe stówe híg awéston locum ejus desolaverunt, Ps. Lamb. 78, 7.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0062, entry 25
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a-wéstendnes, -ness, e; f. A wasting, a laying waste; vastatio, Som. v. a-wéstan, a-wéstende, part; ness.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0178, entry 3
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Cwénas; gen. a; pl. m. The Quaines; Cayani. The inhabitants of Cwén-land, q. v :-- Is to-emnes ðæm lande súþeweardum, on óðre healfe ðæs móres, Sweóland, óþ ðæt land norþeweard; and to-emnes ðæm lande norþeweardum, Cwéna land. Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ofer ðone mór; hwílum ða Norþmen on hý; and ðr sint swíðe micle meras fersce geond ða móras; and beraþ ða Cwnas hyra scypu ofer land on ða meras, and ðanon hergiaþ on ða Norþmen. habbaþ swýðe lytle scypa, and swýðe leóhte over against the land [Finland] southward, on the other side of the waste, is Sweden, northward up to the land; and over against the land northward is the land of the Quaines. The Quaines sometimes make war on the Northmen over the waste; sometimes the Northmen on them; and there are very large fresh lakes beyond the wastes; and the Quaines carry their boats over land into the lakes, and thence make war on the Northmen. They have very little boats, and very light, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 8-15.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0180, entry 26
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cwínan; p. cwán, pl. cwinon; pp. cwinen To waste or dwindle away; tabescere. DER. a-cwínan.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0220, entry 24
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DWÍNAN, ic dwíne, ðu dwínest, dwínst, he dwíneþ, dwínþ, pl. dwínaþ; p. dwán, pl. dwinon; pp. dwinen To pine, fade, DWINDLE, waste away; tabescre :-- Ðonne dwíneþ seó wamb sóna then soon will the belly dwindle, Herb. 2, 4; Lchdm. i. 82, 2. Dwinon taburunt, Cot. 190. [Wyc. dwyne, p. dwynede to pine, waste away: Chauc. dwined, pp. wasted, shrunk: Plat. dwinen to vanish: Kil. dwijnen extenure, perre: Dan. tvine to weep, vanish: Swed. twina to languish, pine away: Icel. dvína, dvina to dwindle, pine away.] DER. a-dwínan, for-, ge-.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0235, entry 42
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eást-dl, es; m. The eastern part, the east; terræ pars orientlis, ortus:-- Cirus, Persa cyning, hæfde mst eallne ðæne eást-dl awést Cyrus, king of the Persians, had laid waste almost all the east, Ors. 2, 4,; Bos. 43, 43: Exon. 55b; Th. 197, 20; Ph. 2. Eást-dl ortus, Ps. Lamb. 102, 12.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0250, entry 24
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-en. J, m. forms only a few masculine terminations of nouns; as, Þeóden; gen. þeódnes; m. a king, from þeód people: dryhten; gen. dryhtnes; m. a lord, from dryht people, subjects. II. f. -en forms many feminine nouns = the Ger. -in, Dan. -inde; as, Þínen, e; f. a maid-servant [Ger. dienerin], from þén [Ger. diener]; þeówen, e; f. a female slave, from þeów: wylen; gen. wylne; f. the same, from weal a slave: mennen, e; f. a maid-servant, from manna: gyden, e; f. a goddess, from god: munecen, e; f. a nun, from munec: cásern [=cásere + en], e; f, an empress, from cásere: fyxen, e; f. a she-fox, from fox. Also -en forms many nouns of the f. gender [corresponding to the Icel. -n, -in] ; as, Segen; gen. segne; f. tradition, saying, Icel. sögn: gýen, e; f. heed, care: byrgen, e; f. a tomb: sylen, e; f. a gift: byrðen, e; f. a burden: hiwrden; gen. hiwrdenne; f. a family, house: and several others in -rden; as, Gecwyd-rden, e; f. an agreement, contract: mg-rden, e; f. relationship: gefér-rden, -rdenn, e; f. a train, company, congregation. III. some nouns in -en are neuters [corresponding to the Icel. -in, -en]; as, Mægen, es; n. strength, might = Icel. megin, magn: mden, es; n. a maiden: wésten, es; n. a waste, desert: swefen, es; n. a dream : midlen, es; n. a middle: fæsten, es; n. a fortress, fastness.


Source: Bosworth/Toller, page b0259, entry 2
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essian; p. ode; pp. od To waste, consume; tbescre :-- Essian me dyde æfþanca mín tbescre me fcit zlus meus. Ps. Spl. M. 118, 139.



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