awestend

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to āwēstan +‎ -end, more at wēstan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈweːs.tend/

Noun

āwēstend m

1. a destroyer, devastator, ravager

Declension

Strong nd-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	āwēstend	āwēstend, āwēstende, āwēstendas
accusative	āwēstend	āwēstend, āwēstende, āwēstendas
genitive	āwēstendes	āwēstendra
dative	āwēstende	āwēstendum

Related terms

• āwēstan (“to lay waste, destroy, devastate, ravage”)
• wēsten (“wasteland, desert, wilderness”)
• wēste (“waste, uncultivated, desert, empty”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “AWESTEND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.