[Reduced form of OE. wésten (see WESTERN sb.2), or f. next.] A desert, wilderness.
c. 1200. Ormin, 11747. Þær i þe wesste þær he wass Himm ane. Ibid., 17408. Alls he comm wiþþ all þe follc Inntill a wilde wesste.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 127. On his ȝuweðe he fleh fro folke to weste. Ibid. Weste was his wunienge.
