easta

Old English

Etymology

From east +‎ -a.

Noun

ēasta m

2. the east
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"

     Þyssera ðrēora hyrda ġemynd is ġehæfd be ēastan Bethleem āne mīle, on Godes cyrcan ġeswutelod, þām ðe ðā stōwe ġenēosiað.

     The memory of these three shepherds is preserved one mile to the east of Bethlehem, and manifested in God's church to those who visit the place.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ēasta	—
accusative	ēastan	—
genitive	ēastan	—
dative	ēastan	—

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eásta”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.