Awestend
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Equivalent to āwēstan + -end, more at wēstan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Awestend m
- a destroyer, devastator, ravager
- the angel Abaddon or Apollyon
- c. 1010-16, Wulfstan's Homilies
- Þone āwyrgedan engel þone men Āwēstend hātað.
- The accursed angel whom men call Waster.
- c. 1010-16, Wulfstan's Homilies
Declension[edit]
Declension of Awestend (strong nd-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | Āwēstend | Āwēstend, Āwēstende, Āwēstendas |
accusative | Āwēstend | Āwēstend, Āwēstende, Āwēstendas |
genitive | Āwēstendes | Āwēstendra |
dative | Āwēstende | Āwēstendum |
Related terms[edit]
- āwēstan (“to lay waste, destroy, devastate, ravage”)
- wēsten (“wasteland, desert, wilderness”)
- wēste (“waste, uncultivated, desert, empty”)
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “AWESTEND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.