Un-biþirfe

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

un-biþirfe

adj. Useless, vain, unprofitable :-- 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. [O. Sax. un-bitherbi: O. H. Ger. un-biderbi inutilis, vanus, inanis.] un-biþirfe