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▪ I. † ˈwesten, a. Sc. Obs.—1
[f. west adv. Cf. easten a.]
Western.
1549Compl. Scot. vi. 61 The feyrd cardinal vynd is callit fauonius or occidental, quhilk vulgaris callis vestin vynd.
▪ II. † westen, adv. Obs.
[OE. westan (f. west adv.) = OFris. westa, OS. westan (wind), ON. and Icel. (Norw., Sw.) vestan (Da. vesten): cf. westene adv. and bewest.]
From the west. Also with fro.
a900Genesis 806 Ᵹif her wind cymð westan oððe eastan. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 274 Se þridda heafod-wind..blæwð westan. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3096 On wind cam fro westen, and ðo [h]opperes nam. |