Eást-ern

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

eást-ern

Substitute: eásterne; adj. I. marking position. (1) in the east:--Leóht eásternes tungles lux eoi sideris, Hy. S. 22, 9. (2) of the east part of the world, eastern:--Of Asian lande þæs eásternan ríces, Hml. S. 25, 752. Eásterne tungelwítegan eoi magi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 58. Þá eásternan tungelwítegan, Hml. Th. i. 106, 24. Þá eásternan and Gréciscean munecas, Hex. 32, 6. Of eásternum leódum, Hml. S. 28, 9: Hml. Th. i. 486, 10. (2 a) used substantively, an Eastern, an oriental:--Ealle þá Eásternan and þá Egiptiscan, Lch. iii. 256, 6. Þone regol ðá Eásternan and eác swylce Grécas healdað, Hml. S. 3, 146. Se wer (Job) wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum Eásternum, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 15. II. marking direction of the wind, east, from the east:--Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind, Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315. [O. Sax. óstroni: O. H. Ger. óstróni: Icel. austrænn.]

Verwandte Wörter: súþ-, súþan-eásterne. east-ern