wæstm

• wastum, wastme, wastom, wastun, westum, westm, wastm

From Old English wæstm, from Proto-Germanic *wastmaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwastəm/, /ˈwɛstəm/

wæstm (plural wæstmes) (almost exclusively Early Middle English)

1. The crops produced by a plant; the result of a harvest.
2. The product or result of something; something's fruit.
3. The shape or look or something; the manner something exists in.
4. (rare) The progeny or children of something.
5. (rare) The extent or notability of something.

• “wastme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-08.

From Proto-Germanic *wahstmaz, *wahsmaz, from the root of weaxan. Cognate with Old Saxon wastum.

• IPA^(key): /wæstm/

wæstm m (nominative plural wæstmas)

1. fruit
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Hit is weliġ þis ēalond on wæstmum ⁊ on trēowum misenlīcra cynna; ⁊ hit is ġesċræpe on lǣwe sċēapa ⁊ nēata; ⁊ on sumum stōwum wīnġeardas grōwaþ.

     This island is rich in fruits and trees of various kinds; and it is suitable for the pasture of sheep and cattle; and in some places vineyards grow.

2. growth; increase
3. product; result
4. benefit
5. stature, height
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"

     "Zachéus wæs sum rice mann, and cepte þæs Hælendes fær, and wolde geseon hwilc hé wære; ac he ne mihte for ðære menigu ðe him mid ferde, forðan ðe hé wæs scort on wæstme.

     "Zacchæus was a rich man, and had observed the Saviour's course, and would see who he was; but he could not for the many that went with him, because he was short of stature.

• Middle English: wastum