weste

See also: Weste

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wēste, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstī, from Proto-Germanic *wōstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to desert”). Doublet of weste (“deserted”).

Alternative forms

• west
• wesste (Ormulum)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːst(ə)/, /ˈwɛst(ə)/

Adjective

weste

1. (chiefly Early Middle English) uncultivated, deserted, desolate

Related terms

• westen (“wilderness”)
• westen (“to devastate”)

Noun

weste

1. (Early Middle English, rare) wasteland, wilderness

References

• “wẹ̄ste, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “wẹ̄ste, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

weste

1. Alternative form of westen (“to move west”)

Etymology 3

Verb

weste

1. Alternative form of westen (“to devastate”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• wœ̄ste, wōstu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːs.te/

Adjective

wēste

1. desolate, waste, barren, deserted; uninhabited, empty
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Onġietan sċeal glēaw hæle · hū gǣstlīċ bið,
     þonne ealle þisse worulde wela · wēste stondeð;

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

2. void

Declension

Declension of wēste — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wēste	wēstu, wēsto	wēste
Accusative	wēstne	wēste	wēste
Genitive	wēstes	wēstre	wēstes
Dative	wēstum	wēstre	wēstum
Instrumental	wēste	wēstre	wēste
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wēste	wēsta, wēste	wēstu, wēsto
Accusative	wēste	wēsta, wēste	wēstu, wēsto
Genitive	wēstra	wēstra	wēstra
Dative	wēstum	wēstum	wēstum
Instrumental	wēstum	wēstum	wēstum

Declension of wēste — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wēsta	wēste	wēste
Accusative	wēstan	wēstan	wēste
Genitive	wēstan	wēstan	wēstan
Dative	wēstan	wēstan	wēstan
Instrumental	wēstan	wēstan	wēstan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wēstan	wēstan	wēstan
Accusative	wēstan	wēstan	wēstan
Genitive	wēstra, wēstena	wēstra, wēstena	wēstra, wēstena
Dative	wēstum	wēstum	wēstum
Instrumental	wēstum	wēstum	wēstum

Descendants

• Middle English: weste, west, wesste (Ormulum)