"west" meaning in Old English

See west in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /west/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *westr, see also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*westr}} Proto-West Germanic *westr, {{cog|goh|west}} Old High German west, {{cog|non|vestr}} Old Norse vestr Head templates: {{ang-adv}} west
  1. west Categories (topical): Compass points Derived forms: westdǣl, westrihte, westweard
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          "expansion": "Middle English: west",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Middle English: west"
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          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\n[Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.\n[Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.",
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    {
      "word": "westrihte"
    },
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            "2": "wast"
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        {
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            "2": "west",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German west",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "vestr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse vestr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with tab characters",
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  ],
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}

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