(a) Of no effect or significance, futile, vain, worthless; also, false, sinful; (b) ~ blisse (yelp, yelpinge), vainglory, boasting; ~ dede, worthless deed, sinful deed; ~ hope, false hope; ~ oth, a perjured oath; also, a profane oath; ~ speche (thought, word), foolish or sinful speech (thought, word); ~ sweringe, perjury; also, profanity; (c) of persons or material objects: useless; of a building: ready to fall.

(a) Of material objects: empty; (b) of persons, a soul, a spirit: empty; ~ of (fro), devoid of (goodness, good works, etc.); ~ from, free from (sth.).

(a) Of persons, the bee: engaged in nothing, idle; without work, unemployed; also, lazy, sluggish; also, not engaged in official business; (b) of actions or conditions: characterized by or growing out of idleness; of bread: eaten in idleness; (c) of elements: at rest, inert; of color: absent; of land: uncultivated, fallow; also fig.

In surname & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.279].