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† ˈwastum Obs.
Forms: 1 wæstum, -em, -im, wæstm, westom, westm, weastm, 3 Orm. wasstme, vestme, westum.
[OE. wæstm masc. = OS. wastum:—OTeut. type *waχstmo-z, f. root of wax v.]
1. Fruit, crop, produce; abundance of produce.
c888ælfred Boeth. xxxix. 13 Be þæs cyninges ᵹebode brengð eorðe ælcne westm. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. vii. 17 ælc god treow byrþ gode wæstmas. c1175Lamb. Hom. 109 Iliche þan treo þe bereð lef and blosman, and nane westmas ne bereð. c1200Ormin 9284 Illc an treo þatt..Ne bereþþ nohht god wasstme Shall..beon hæwenn upp. c1205Lay. 32108 Þenne scullen i Bruttene blissen wurðen riue, wastmes and wederes sele after heore i-wille.
b. transf. Fruit (of the body, womb), offspring.
971Blickl. Hom. 5 Forþon se wæstm þines innoþes is ᵹebletsad. c1200Ormin 1937 Þær brohhte ȝho þatt wasstme forþ Off all unnwemmedd wambe.
c. fig.
971Blickl. Hom. 249 Andreas, for hwan gæst þu swa buton wæstme þines ᵹewinnes. c1200Ormin 15911, & nesshenn itt [thy heart] & godenn, Swa þatt itt bere þess te bett God wasstme i gode dedess.
2. Growth of body, stature, form. Also (nonce-use), greatness.
Beowulf 1352 (Gr.) Oðer earmsceapen on weres wæstmum wræclastas træd. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xix. 3 Zacheus..wæs lytel on wæstmum. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 19 Þe fader is on þe sune on þrie wise. Þat on is on westme, for þat he is muchel and mihti ouer alle þing. Ibid. 127 Alse wat se he was þoȝen on wintre and on wastme..þo nam he ȝeme of mannes liflode. c1205Lay. 15698 Þa iwarð ich on vestme wunder ane fæir. a1225Leg. Kath. 69 A meiden..feier & freolich o wlite & o westum.
Hence † ˈwastumless a., without fruit.
c975Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 22 Sine fructu westemleas. c1200Ormin 13858 All iss itt [the heart] uss bifrorenn swa Þurrh hete & niþ & irre, Þatt all itt liþ uss wasstmelæs Off alle gode dedess. |