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wæstm-berende

  • adjective
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wæstm-berende, adj.
Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,
referring to inanimate things
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  • Se dǽl se ðæt flód ne grétte ys gyt wæstm*-*berende on ǽlces cynnes blǽdum,

      Ors. 1, 3; Swt. 32, 13.
  • Seó wæstm*-*berendeste (

    fertilissima

    ) eorþe,
      Nar. 5, 20.
referring to living creatures
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  • Mid ðý ne is ǽnig syn wæstmbærendes (-beorendes, M. 74, 24) líchoman

    cum non sit culpa aliqua foecunditas Dafnis,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 2.
figurative
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  • Hé wæs gefultumiende ðæt heora lár wǽre wæstmberende

    ipse praedicationem ut fructificaret adjuvans,

      Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 38.
  • Ðone æþelan Albanum seó wæstmberende (

    fecunda

    ) Bryton forþbereþ,
      1, 7; S. 476, 34.
  • Woestimberende

    fructiferum,

      Rtl. 34, 14.
  • Ðá wǽron ða wæstmberendan breóst ðæs eádigan weres mid ðam láreówdóme ðæs heán magistres Godes gefyllede,

      Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 8.
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  • wæstm-berende, adj.