Obs. In 4 wasternne, -urne, Sc. wastrone, -ine. [Altered form (after WASTE sb.) of ONorthumb. wǽstern, var. of wésten: see WESTEN.] A wilderness.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 1674. In wasturne walk & wyth þe wylde dowelle.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xviii. (Egipciane), 855. In þis wastrone fra þine haf I dwelt euir contynualy. Ibid., 1125. & faste hame syne ȝed … ewyne throu þe wastrine þat ilke day, þat he come fra þat abbay.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 3233. Woluez, and whilde swynne, and wykkyde bestez Walkede in that wasternne.
