Up-wæstm

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

up-wæstm

growth upwards, stature :-- Se cyningc hét bringan ísenne scamol; se wæs emnheáh ðæs mannes upwæstme; ðæt wæs twelf fæðma lang jussit rex fieri scamnum ferreum secundum statum ejus. Artifices tulerunt mensuram ejus quae erat cubitorum duodecim, Anglia xvii. 113, 9. [Cf. Icel. up-vöxtr growth, tallness.] up-wæstm