Old English · noun
easta
Normalised ēasta
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- Modern English
- east
Meaning
-
the east
Þyssera ðrēora hyrda ġemynd is ġehæfd be ēastan Bethleem āne mīle, on Godes cyrcan ġeswutelod, þām ðe ðā stōwe ġenēosiað.
The memory of these three shepherds is preserved one mile to the east of Bethlehem, and manifested in God's church to those who visit the place.
c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
From east + -a.
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