wæstm-līc

wæstm-līc, adj: fruitful. (WASS-tum-leech / ˈwæs-təm-liːtʃ)

Medieval manuscript image of one man digging the soil with a shovel and another carrying a bag and looking down at the hole.
The labours of March in a Psalter; England, 13th century; Cambridge, Trinity College, B.11.4, d. ii r. [mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk]

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