† westernaisadv.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < Old French bestorneis twisted, awry (13th cent. in an isolated attestation; < bestorner to turn upside down, to twist < bes- , pejorative prefix + torner turn v.), perhaps altered by association with western adj. and west adj., west adv.; however, the reading in quot. c1400 is questioned by some editors, and the form and meaning are both uncertain.Perhaps recorded earlier in a surname: Richard le Westerneys (1286).