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Old English · adjective

weste

Normalised wēste

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈweːs.te/
Syllables
ˈweːs · te (2 syllables)
Modern English
uninhabiteddesolatedesertedvoidwaste

Meaning

  1. desolate, waste, barren, deserted; uninhabited, empty

    þonne ealle þisse worulde wela · wēste stondeð;

    A wise man must understand how spiritual it is when all wealth of this world stands empty;

    Onġietan sċeal glēaw hæle · hū gǣstlīċ bið,

  2. void

Declension

Strong declension of weste
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative wēstewēstuwēstowēste
Accusative wēstnewēstewēste
Genitive wēsteswēstrewēstes
Dative wēstumwēstrewēstum
Instrumental wēstewēstrewēste
Plural
Nominative wēstewēstawēstewēstuwēsto
Accusative wēstewēstawēstewēstuwēsto
Genitive wēstrawēstrawēstra
Dative wēstumwēstumwēstum
Instrumental wēstumwēstumwēstum
Weak declension of weste
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative wēstawēstewēste
Accusative wēstanwēstanwēste
Genitive wēstanwēstanwēstan
Dative wēstanwēstanwēstan
Instrumental wēstanwēstanwēstan
Plural
Nominative wēstanwēstanwēstan
Accusative wēstanwēstanwēstan
Genitive wēstrawēstenawēstrawēstenawēstrawēstena
Dative wēstumwēstumwēstum
Instrumental wēstumwēstumwēstum

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōstī (“waste, desolate”).

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