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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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