1geog.agricultural(of land) barren, waste:
(
1113-19;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
Terre ert idunques veine, De tut en tut baraine
2006
(
c.1240;
MS: c.1300
)
baraine en devint la terre
238.29
2(of a person or animal) barren, sterile, without fertility:
(
s.xii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2/4
) Hom brahainz ne deit pas entrer O cels qui pueent engendrer
271
(
s.xii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2/4
) dous brahaignes femes [...] Qui ja enfanz aveir ne durent
359
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: c.1200
)
Femme baraine devendra Magnete qui treiz feiz bevra
249.1413
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: c.1300
)
si ly seyt nule
(=mare) qe ne ayt poleyn, seyt enquis si ceo seyt par malveyse garde, [...], ou par defaute de stalun, ou qe ele seyt baraygny
422.c10
(
1266-1300;
MS: c.1300
)
[...] pria Deu por faire sa compaigne, car brehaingne estoit et passee eage d’enfanter et elle conchut Ysaac
75.64
3useless, powerless, unproductive:
(
s.xii1/3;
MS: s.xiiex
)
Se femme ençainte sur sei l’ad, Voille u nun, l’enfant larra, Tant barhaine [est] iceste pere
253.1521
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiii2
)
sicum l’yraigne Ki tant teile fait baraigne
4909
1barren woman:
(
s.xii1;
MS: 1155-60
)
Ki aluet la barhaigne
(Latin: sterilem) en la maisun
211.CXII.9
(
s.xii2;
MS: s.xii3/3
)
la baraigne plusurs enfantad
6
(
c.1230;
MS: s.xiiim
)
Ysaac fu engendré De la baraine
4395
(
s.xiv1;
MS: s.xivm
)
Benetz soyent les baroynes et les ventres qe n’enfanterent mye
97.2
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