Gǽsne

Dizionario Anglo-Sassone Inglese Antico di Bosworth & Toller - gǽsne

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

gesne, geásne, gésine;

gǽsne
adj. Barren, sterile, empty, wanting, void of, lifeless; stĕrĭlis, inānis, ĕgēnus, destĭtūtus, expers, exănĭmis :-- Ðæt we gǽstes wlite, on ðás gǽsnan tíd, georne biþencen that, we earnestly consider, in this barren time, the spirit's beauty, Exon. 20 a; Th. 53, 13; Cri. 850. Ðis geár wæs gǽsne on mæstene this year was barren in mast-fruit, Chr. 1116; Th. 371, 16. Hirdas lǽgon gǽsne on greóte the keepers lay lifeless on the sand, Andr. Kmbl. 2169; An. 1086. Piers P. gesen : Halliw. Dict. geson scarce.] gæsne

Parole correlate: Grm. Andr. Elen. p. 124, 1085 : Graff. IV. 267. [

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