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eorþ-líc

  • adjective
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eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.
EARTHLY, terrestrial; terrēnus, terrestris
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  • He wæs eorþlíc cing

    he was an earthly king.

    • Chr. 979
    • ;
    • Erl. 129,
    • 9.
  • eorþlíces áuht ne haldeþ

    nothing earthly holds them,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20,
    • 331;
    • Met. 20,
    • 166.
  • Ða twelf bócland him gefreóde eorþlíces camphádes and eorþlícere hérenysse to bigongenne ðone heofonlícan camphád

    dō;nātis duodĕcim possessiuncŭlis terrārum, in quĭbus ablāto stūdio mīlĭtiæ terrestris, ad exercendam mīlĭtiam cælestem,

    • Bd. 3,
    • 24;
    • S. 556,
    • 41.
  • Ðú meahte ǽlc eorþlíc þing forsión

    thou mayest look down upon every earthly thing,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 24,
    • 13 ;
    • Met. 24,
    • 7.
  • Hine nolden his eorþlícan mágas wrecan

    his earthly kinsmen would not avenge him.

    • Chr. 979
    • ;
    • Erl. 129, 11,
    • 15.
  • Gif ic eów eorþlice þing sǽde

    si terrēna dixi vobis,

    • Jn. Bos. 3,
    • 12.
  • Hió ðǽs lǽnan lufaþ eorþlícu þing

    she loves these transitory earthly things.

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20,
    • 447 ;
    • Met. 20,
    • 224.
  • Ðú gegæderast ða hiofonlícan sáwla and ða eorþlícan líchoman

    thou bringest together the heavenly souls and the earthly bodies,

    • Bt. 33,
    • 4 ;
    • Fox 132,
    • 23.
  • He forsihþ ðás eorþlícan gód

    he despises these earthly goods,

    • 12
    • ;
    • Fox 36, 25: 33,
    • 4;
    • Fox 132, 14,
    • 18.
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  • eorþ-líc, adj.