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eorþ-waru

  • noun [ masculine ]
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eorþ-waru, e; f: -ware; gen. -wara; pl. m; -waran; gen. -warena; pl. m.
Inhabitants or population of the earth; terrĭcŏlæ, terrĭgĕnæ
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  • Heofonwaru and eorþwaru

    cælĭcolæ et terrĭcolæ,

    • Hy. 7,
      • 95 ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 289,
      • 95.

  • Crist sibb is heofonware and eorþware

    Christ is the peace of the inhabitants of heaven and of the inhabitants of the earth, Ors.

    • 3,
      • 5;
    • Bos. 57,
      • 27.

  • Dem eorþware

    jūdĭca terram,

    • Ps. Th. 81, 8 : 98, 1: 144,
      • 13.

  • Gehýraþ ðás, eorþware

    audīte hæc, terrĭgĕnæ,

    • Ps. Spl. 48, 2: Exon. 13 a
      • ;
    • Th. 24,
      • 9;
    • Cri. 382
      • .

  • Ðæt cynebearn acenned wéarþ eallum eorþwarum

    the royal child was born for all the inhabitants of the earth,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1135
      • ;
    • An. 568: Exon. 41 b
      • ;
    • Th. 138,
      • 21;
    • Gú. 579: Bt. Met. Fox 13,
      • 120;
    • Met. 13, 60: Menol. Fox 124
      • ;
    • Men. 62
      • .

  • Hér wynnaþ earme eorþwaran

    miserable inhabitants of earth strive here,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 4,
      • 113;
    • Met. 4, 57: 17,
      • 1;
    • Met. 17,
      • 1.

  • Ofer ealle eorþwaran

    over all the inhabitants of earth,

    • Fast. 43,
      • 9;
    • Hat. MS. 60 b,
      • 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eorþ-waru.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/9622.

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