Middle English Dictionary Entry
unbēring ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unbēring ppl. Also (early) unberinde. |
| Etymology | From OE unberende; also cp. ME bēren v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Barren, infertile; of a vine: incapable of bearing fruit.
Associated quotations
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)125 : Þo understod þe holi man þat he was of michel elde and his woreldes make was teames atold and unberinde, and for þese þre þing let hit unleflich and ne lefde hit noht.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)85/19 : Ðis loc ðe ofrede Anna, ðe was unberinde and unwurð mang Israele folke.
- a1500 Bollard Grafting (Sln 686)31 : They may haue vyne neþer bering ne vnbering among hem, and þerfore it were but veyne to shewe hem this counseil.