Obs. [OE. westan (f. west adv.) = OFris. westa, OS. westan (wind), ON. and Icel. (Norw., Sw.) vestan (Da. vesten): cf. WESTENE adv. and BEWEST.] From the west. Also with fro.
a. 900. Genesis, 806. Ʒif her wind cymð westan oððe eastan.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., III. 274. Se þridda heafod-wind … blæwð westan.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3096. On wind cam fro westen, and ðo [h]opperes nam.
