Awestend

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to āwēstan +‎ -end, more at wēstan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑːˈweːs.tend/

Noun

Awestend m

  1. a destroyer, devastator, ravager
  2. 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.

Declension
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
  • āwēstan (“to lay waste, destroy, devastate, ravage”)
  • wēsten (“wasteland, desert, wilderness”)
  • wēste (“waste, uncultivated, desert, empty”)

References
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