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wæstm-bǽre

  • adjective
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wæstm-bǽre, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§622;
Fruitful, fertile, productive
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  • Wæstmbǽre ferax,

    • Gr. 9, 60
      • ;
    • Zup. 69, 5
    :

    frugalis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 31.

  • Wæstm*-*bǽru

    fecunda,

    • 38, 22.
referring to inanimate things
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  • Ðæt wæstm*-*bǽre land

    campi uberes,

    • Ors. 1, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 32, 2.

  • Sceáwiaþ ðæt land, hwæðer hit wæstmbǽre sí

    considerate terram, qualis sit, bona an mala, humus pinguis an sterilis,

    • Num. 13, 19.

  • Land ðe ys wæstmbǽre ǽgðer ge on hunie ge on meoluce

    terram fluentem lacte et melle,

    • Ex. 33, 3.

  • Eletreów westembére

    oliva fructifera,

    • Ps. Surt. 51, 10.

  • Eorðan westem*-*bére

    terram fructiferam,

    • 106, 34.

  • Sáwan wæstmbǽre land

    serere ingenuum agrum,

    • Bt. 23
      • ;
    • Fox 78, 21
      • :
    • Met. 12, 1.

  • Treó westembéru

    ligna fructifera,

    • Ps. Surt. 148, 9.

  • Wæstmbǽre tyrf

    feraces glebas,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 51.

  • Hwæt bið wæstmbǽrre ðonne meox?

    • Th. ii. 408, 34.
referring to living creatures
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  • On hire is wæstmbǽre mægðhád,

    • Homl. Th. i. 438, 25.
figurative
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  • Se bið cwealmbǽre, se ðe on yfelnysse ǽfre grówende and wæstmbǽre bið,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 406, 20.

  • Uton beón wæstmbǽre on gódum weorcum,

    • 408, 26.
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v. un-wæstmbǽre.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wæstm-bǽre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34464.

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