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un-biþirfe

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-biþirfe, adj.
Useless, vain, unprofitable
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  • Ðú hafast unbiþyrfe ofer witena dóm wísan gefongen

    you have taken an unprofitable course contrary to the judgement of wise men,

    • Exon. Th. 248, 18
    • ;
    • Jul. 97.
  • Ða ( false gods ) sind geásne góda gehwylces, ídle, orfeorme, unbiþyrfe, ne ðǽr freme méteþ fira ǽnig,

    • 255, 21
    • ;
    • Jul. 217.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. un-bitherƀi
:
O. H. Ger. un-biderbi inutilis, vanus, inanis.
]
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v.  un-beþirfe.
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