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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Wast(r)in(e, -rone, -yrn, Westerne, Vestrene, n. [ME wasturne (14th c.), wasternne (?a1400), ONorthumb. wœ́stern, OF wastine.] (A) wilderness, desert, waste; uninhabited or uncultivated land. — 1171–8 Chart. Coupar A. I 4.]
[Volo itaque et precipio ut predicti monachi predictam terram et chaciam et wastinam habeant et teneant [etc.] —(a) a1400 Leg. S. ii 838.
[He] fled allane owt of the towne, Willand in wastine vpe and done —(b) a1400 Leg. S. xviii 885.
With helpe of the Haly Gaste, In this wastrone … haf I Dwelt … Sene I come of the sad cite a1400 Leg. S. xviii 981.
Wastyrn a1400 Leg. S. xviii 1125.
& faste hame syne ȝed … Ewyne throu the wastrine that ilke day, That he come fra that abbay —(c) a1400 Leg. S. xviii 1298.
He lukyt one ilke syd Of that westerne, brad & wyd ?a1450 Florimond 373.
Ane greit cuntre All waist but toun or ȝit citie. It wes rycht fair and weill lyand And na corne in it growand The vestrene lestit tua iurnayis, Quhair na thing grew bot gars and treis