Gāstende ?

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gāstende ?

l. ge-āscende ? :-- Ðā reahte hē [hū] hys mōd fōr oft gastUNCERTAINnde (geāscende ?) and smeágende mislicu and selcūd þing, and ealles swīdust ymbe hyne sylfne, . . . and hwilc good him wēre betst tō dōnne, and hwylc yfel betst tō forlētende volventi mihi multa ac varia mecum diu, ac per multos dies sedulo quaerente memetipsum ac bonum meum, quidve mali evitandum esset, Solil. H. 3, 1. [This passage seems in part a continuation of the preface, in part translation of the text.] gastende