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wæstmbǽrness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wæstmbǽrness, e; f.
Fruitfulness, fertility, produktivity
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  • Wæst[m]*-*bérnys

    fertilita,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 80.

  • Wæstmbǽrnes

    fertilitas,i. habundantia,

    • ii. 147, 77.

  • Wæstmbǽrne[s]

    ubertas,

    • 151, 33.

  • Wæstembiornis

    fertilitas,

    • Txts. 180, 19.
referring to inanimate things
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  • Wæstm*-*bǽrnys on eorþan,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 162.

  • Hí héton secgan ðysses landes wæstmbǽrnysse (

    insulae fertilitatem

    ),
    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 15
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 286, 19.

  • Wæstmbǽrnesse,

    • Ors. 1, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 34, 9.
referring to living creatures
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  • Nis on nánum óðrum men mægðhád, gif ðǽr bið wæstmbǽrnys, ne wæstmbǽrnys, gif ðǽr bið ansund mægðhád,

    • Homl. Th. i. 438, 27.

  • Hé him geheóld wæstmbǽrnysse tuddres (

    fecunditatem sobolis

    ),
    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 493, 8.
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v. un-wæstmbǽrness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wæstmbǽrness.” 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/34466.

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