Obs. Also 4 wysty. [OE. wœstiʓ, wéstiʓ, f. wœste, wéste WESTE a. Cf. WASTY a.1] Desolate, waste.

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c. 950.  Lindisf. Gosp., Mark i. 35. [He] eode on woestiʓum stowum [c. 975 Rushw. in westiʓe stowe].

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a. 1122.  O. E. Chron. (Laud MS.), an. 449. Of Angle … se a syððan stod westiʓ betwix Iutum & Seaxum.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 1120. Leode nere þar nane, ne wapmen ne wifmen, bute westiȝe pædes [c. 1275 weste paþes].

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 42 (Bodley MS.). Þet tu … schalt grenin godles in-wið westi [Titus wasti] wahes.

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13[?].  Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 2169. Now iwysse, quoþ Wowayn, wysty is here; Þis oritore is vgly.

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