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weorold-cund

  • adjective
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weorold-cund, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§623;
earthly, temporal
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  • Fæder woruldcund

    an earthly father,

      Exon. Th. 13, 33; Cri. 212.

  • On ðás tíd wé sceolan habban godcunde blisse and eác worldcunde,

      Blickl. Homl. 83, 20.

  • Mid hú heardum brocum ús swingaþ úre worldcunde fædras,

      Past. 36; Swt. 253, 25.

  • Ðonne hié eallinga ágiémeleásiaþ ðone ymbhogan woruld*-*cundra ðinga

    cum curare corporalia funditus negligunt,

      18; Swt. 137, 2.

  • Hlǽfdige wuldorweorudes and worl[d]cundra háda under heofonum and helwara,

      Exon. Th. 18, 18; Cri. 285.

  • Ðætte gé fore uueoroide sién geblitsade mid ðém weoroldcundum gódum, and hiora sáula mid ðém godcundum gódum,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 293, 35.
secular, profane as opposed to sacred
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  • Gelǽred ge on godcundum gewritum ge on weoruldcundum

    literis sacris simul et saecularibus instructi,

      Bd. 4, 2; S. 565, 24.
secular as opposed to ecclesiastical
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  • Ðis is seó weoruldcunde (weorld-,

    v.l.

    ) gerǽdnes,
      L. Edg. ii. 1; Th. i. 266, 2.

  • Woruldcunde (world-,

    v.l.

    ),
      L. C. S. proem.; Th. i. 376, 4.

  • Hwelce wutan wǽron geond Angelkynn ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruld*-*cundra,

      Past. pref.; Swt. 2, 3.

  • Woroldcundra,

      Chart. Th. 132, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorold-cund.” 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/35189.

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