An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/wüst

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2555169An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — wüst1891John Francis Davis

​ wüst, adj., ‘desert, waste, confused, disorderly,’ from MidHG. wüeste, OHG. wuosti, ‘desolate, uncultivated, empty’; corresponding to OSax. wôsti, Du. woest, AS. wêste, ‘waste.’ —

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