awestend

== Old English == === Etymology === Equivalent to āwēstan +‎ -end, more at wēstan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːˈweːs.tend/ === Noun === āwēstend m a destroyer, devastator, ravager ==== Declension ==== Strong nd-stem: ==== Related terms ==== āwēstan (“to lay waste, destroy, devastate, ravage”) wēsten (“wasteland, desert, wilderness”) wēste (“waste, uncultivated, desert, empty”) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “AWESTEND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.