† toomheadn.
Obsolete. rare.
Emptiness, vanity. over tomehed, uselessly, to no purpose.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase]
in (or on) idlenessc825
in (earlier on, an) idlec1000
in idleshipa1250
in vaina1300
over tomeheda1300
(all) for noughtc1300
in waste1340
in deveyn(ec1400
to little availc1450
without availc1450
in fruster1488
to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525
for nothing1560
sans fail1597
for vaina1616
a1300 E.E. Psalter xxiv. 4 Schente be alle are quede doand Ouer tomehed in ani land.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxiv. 7 Ouer tomehede vpbraided þai.
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n.a1300- wide-heartedness
- wide-leafed
- wide-legged
- wide-lipped
- wide-margined
- wide-meshed
- wide-minded
- wide-mindedness
- wide-mouth
- wide-mouthed
- wide-necked
- wide-opened
- wide-ranging
- wide-reaching
- wide-ringed
- wide-rivered
- wide-rolling
- wide-roomed
- wide-row
- wide-scale
- wide-scrithel
- wide-shouldered
- wide-side
- wide-skirted
- wide-sleeved