† wildernadj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Wild, savage, desert.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adjective]
unbearingc825
deafc897
westyOE
wastumlessc975
wilderna1050
drya1340
gelda1350
barren1377
unfructuousa1382
poora1387
ungreenc1400
infecundc1420
farrow1494
fruitlessa1513
unfruitful1531
sterile1552
hungry1577
penurious1594
unfertile1596
infertile1598
howling1611
ungenitureda1616
arid1656
infecundous1661
ungendering1706
yeld1721
unproductive1725
infructuose1727
ungenerative1733
fallow1791
nihili-parturient1812
dowf1824
wastec1825
non-productive1830
unreproductive1836
infructuous1860
unvintaged1869
increative1877
ablastemic1881
submarginal1895
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective]
wilda1300
bestiala1398
wilderna1400
savagine?a1439
barbaric1490
rudea1530
barbar1535
barbarous1538
pagan1550
uncivil1553
Scythical1559
raw?1573
savaged1583
incivil1586
savage1589
barbarian1591
uncivilized1607
negerous1609
mountainous1613
ruvid1632
ruvidous1632
barbarious1633
incivilizeda1645
alabandical1656
inhumanea1680
tramontane1740
semi-barbarous1798
irreclaimed1814
semi-savage1833
semiferine1854
warrigal1855
sloven1856
semi-barbaric1864
pre-civilized1876
wild and woolly1884
jungle1908
medieval1917
jungli1920
a1050 Liber Scintill. (1889) xxv. 99 Cum feralibus dentibus, mid wilddeorenum toþum.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10293 He went amang þaa wildrin laus.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5734 Bi a wildrin wod side.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4080 His breþer in þe wildrin land.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3081 Ysmael..wond als a wildren man.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 297 Ande euer walteres þis whal bi wyldren depe.
B. n.
= wilderness n.The genitive of this word is indistinguishable in form from early forms of wilderness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun]
westerneOE
weste landOE
wastinea1175
westec1175
wastec1200
wildernc1200
wildernessc1200
wildernessc1230
warlottc1290
forestc1320
wastyc1325
deserta1398
wastern?a1400
wildnessa1513
the wilds of1600
vastness1605
vastacy1607
roughet1616
wild1637
wildland1686
bush1780
wastage1823
mesquite1834
wasteland1887
mulga1896
virgin bush1905
boondock1944
boonies1954
virgin land1955
c1200 Vices & Virtues 137 Þo þe he faste fowerti daiȝes on ða wilderne.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 127 He makede his wunienge in þe wilderne.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 125 He..wende into anlistude & wonede inþe wilderne [a1250 Nero wildernesse].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5852 To worschip god in wildrenes land.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5734 His flok he fedde a-pon a tide. bi a wildernes side.
a1400 Sir Orfeo 212 (Ashm. 61) lf. 153 To wylderne I wyll gone..And lyve þer in holtys hore.
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