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FOLDE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
FOLDE, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
the earth, dry land; tellus, terra
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  • He geséceþ fægre land ðonne ðeós folde

    he shall seek a fairer land than this earth,

    • Cd. 218
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    • Th. 277, 32
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    • Sae. 213: 84
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    • Th. 106, 3
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    • Gen. 1765: 100
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    • Th. 133, 2
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    • Gen. 2204: Exon. 73a
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    • Th. 272, 14
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    • Jul. 499: 120a
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    • Th. 460, 21
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    • Hö. 20: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 86
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    • Met. 11, 43: 20, 118
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    • Met. 20, 59.

  • Folde wæs ðá gyt græs ungréne

    the earth was as yet not green with grass,

    • Cd. 6
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    • Th. 7, 35
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    • Gen. 116: 12
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    • Th. 14, 7
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    • Gen. 215: Exon. 43b
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    • Th. 146, 26
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    • Gú. 715.

  • Stód bewrigen folde mid flóde

    the dry land stood covered with water,

    • Cd. 8
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    • Th. 10, 15
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    • Gen. 157.

  • Geblissad mid ðám fægrestum foldan stencum

    made blissful by the sweetest odours of earth,

    • Exon. 56a
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    • Th. 198, 11
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    • Ph. 8: Cd. 161
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    • Th. 201, 9
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    • Exod. 369.

  • Foldan bearm or fæðm

    the bosom of the earth,

    • Beo. Th. 2278
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    • B. 1137: 2790
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    • B. 1393: Exon. 93b
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    • Th. 351, 4
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    • Sch. 75: 125b
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    • Th. 482, 20
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    • Rä. 67, 4.

  • Foldan sceát

    a region or tract of the earth,

    • Exon. 9a
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    • Th. 5, 21
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    • Cri. 72: 20b
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    • Th. 55, 6
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    • Cri. 879: 116a
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    • Th. 445, 20
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    • Dóm. 10: Bt. Met. Fox 4, 103
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    • Met. 4, 52: Cd. 75
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    • Th. 92, 26
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    • Gen. 1534: 199
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    • Th. 247, 25
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    • Dan. 502: 213
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    • Th. 265, 6
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    • Sat. 3: Beo. Th. 193
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    • B. 96.

  • On ðisse foldan

    on this earth,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 953
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    • Sal. 476: Cd. 121
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    • Th. 155, 24
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    • Gen. 2577: Exon. 19b
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    • Th. 50, 28
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    • Cri. 808: Beo. Th. 2396
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    • B. 1196: Menol. Fox 283
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    • Men. 143: Rood Kmbl. 261
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    • Kr. 132.

  • Teóde firum foldan Freá ælmihtig

    filiis hŏmĭnum terram omnĭpŏtens creāvit,

    • Bd. 4, 24
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    • S. 597, 24: Cd. 8
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    • Th. 10, 9
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    • Gen. 154: Exon. 12b
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    • Th. 20, 22
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    • Cri. 321.
a land, country, district, region, territory; rĕgio, tractus, plăga, terrĭtōriuni
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  • Wæs wera gúþhergum éðelland geond-sended, folde feóndum

    the people's native land was overspread with hostile bands, their country with enemies,

    • Cd. 92
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    • Th. 118, 22
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    • Gen. 1969: Exon. 56a
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    • Th. 199, 21
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    • Ph. 29.

  • Unlytel dǽl sídre foldan geond-sended wæs bryne

    no small part of the wide land was overspread with burning,

    • Cd. 119
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    • Th. 154, 5
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    • Gen. 2551.

  • Nyste hine on ðæere foldan fira ǽnig

    none of the men in the land knew him,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 547
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    • Sal. 273: Menol. Fox 29
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    • Men. 15.

  • Ðæt land geséc ðe ic ðé ýwan wille, bráde foldan

    seek the land which I will show thee, a spacious country,

    • Cd. 83
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    • Th. 105, 12
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    • Gen. 1752: Exon. 123b
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    • Th. 474, 27
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    • Bo. 37: Salm. Kmbl. 431
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    • Sal. 216.

  • Ðú eart hyht ealra ðe feor on sǽ foldum wuniaþ

    thou art the hope of all who dwell in lands far in the sea [i. e. islands ],

    • Ps. Th. 64, 6.
the ground, soil; hŭmus, sŏlum
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  • He gefeóll to foldan

    he fell to the ground,

    • Judth. 12
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    • Thw. 25, 27
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    • Jud. 281: Andr. Kmbl. 1474
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    • An. 738: Exon. 29a
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    • Th. 88, 34
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    • Cri. 1450: Elen. Kmbl. 1970
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    • El. 987.

  • Him heortan blód foldan geséceþ

    his heart's blood seeks the ground,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 316
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    • Sal. 157: Exon. 103b
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    • Th. 393, 17
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    • Rä. 13, 1.

  • Foldan begræfen

    buried in the ground,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1944
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    • El. 974: Exon. 63a
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    • Th. 231, 17
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    • Ph. 490: Ps. Th. 142, 4.
earth, clay; terræ līmus, lŭtum
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  • God ðone ǽrestan ælda cynnes of ðære clǽnestan foldan geworhte

    God made the first of the race of men from the purest earth,

    • Exon. 44b
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    • Th. 151, 14
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    • Gú. 795.
Etymology
[
Laym. folde
:
O. Sax. folda, f
:
Icel. fold, f. a field, earth.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “FOLDE.” 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/11140.

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