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ēstern adj.

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Forms	ēstern adj. Also ester, estren.
Etymology	OE ēasterne.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

Lying toward the east; eastern;-- also as noun.

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(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.125 : Herfastus þe þridde and twenty bisshop of Esterne [L orientalium episcopus; vr. þe Estrene; Higd.(2): of the este] chaungede þe see from [Elingham to] Theteford.
?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.271 : The esturne floode callede Rodanus.
?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.257 : Boemia is the firste prouince of esturne [Trev.: ester] Germanye.

2.

Oriental.

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c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)27393 : Eorles and dukes eke of æstene [?read: æsterne] weorlde.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)164b/a : Caucasus for whitnesse is clepid candor in þat eestreen langage.
a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11388 : A prophet of estrinland [vrr. esterne lond, estern lond] Hight balaam, crafti and bald.
a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21097 : Thomas..soght þat estrin thede.

3.

Of the wind: blowing from the east.

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(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)135a/a : A wynde þat hatte subsolanus, þe esterne wynde.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)163a/b : Londe on þe whiche estren wynde bloweþ continuelyche is temperat hote.
a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)29 : Nethyr estryn wynd, ne none othyr.