easta
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ēasta m
- the east
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
- Þyssera ðrēora hyrda ġemynd is ġehæfd be ēastan Bethleem āne mīle, on Godes cyrcan ġeswutelod, þām ðe ðā stōwe ġenēosiað.
- The memory of these three shepherds is preserved one mile to the east of Bethlehem, and manifested in God's church to those who visit the place.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
Declension
[edit]Declension of easta (weak)
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eásta”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.