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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
westen(e
adj.
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Western, westerly; (b) in place name.
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2.
wẹ̄sten-setla
n.
2 quotations in 1 sense
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A hermit.
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3.
wẹ̄sten
n.(2)
7 quotations in 1 sense
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A wasteland, desert, wilderness.
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4.
wẹ̄sterne
n.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A wasteland, desert, wilderness; also
fig.
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5.
wẹ̄ste
n.
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A wasteland, desert, wilderness; (b) in place name [see Smith
PNElem.
2.256].
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6.
birthen
n.
86 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Something carried or supported; a load, a weight; (b) something carried within the body or as part of the body; a fetus;
birthen of nature (womb)
, excrement;
last (secound) birthen
, afterbirth…
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