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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 teras, Ælfc. 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? Homl. 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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