Awestend
Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to āwēstan + -end, more at wēstan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːˈweːs.tend/
Noun
Awestend m
- a destroyer, devastator, ravager
- 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.
- c. 1010-16, Wulfstan's Homilies
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 |
Related terms
- āwēstan (“to lay waste, destroy, devastate, ravage”)
- wēsten (“wasteland, desert, wilderness”)
- wēste (“waste, uncultivated, desert, empty”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “AWESTEND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.