Awestend

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to āwēstan +‎ -end, more at wēstan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈweːs.tend/

Noun

Awestend m

1. a destroyer, devastator, ravager
2. 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.

Declension

Declension of Āwēstend (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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.