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weorold-gesǽlþa

  • noun [ feminine ]
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weorold-gesǽlþa, pl. f.
This world's goods, earthly blessings
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  • Eálá! hwæþer gé men ongiton hwelc se wela sié, and se anweald, and ða woruld-gesǽlþa,

      Bt. 16, 2; Fox 50, 36: 16, 3; Fox 54, 16.

  • Ða getreówan treónd, ic secge seó ðæt deórweorðeste ðyng eallra ðissa woruldgesǽlþa,

      24, 3 ; Fox 82, 29.

  • Tó upáhafen for woruldgesǽlþum,

      Met. 5, 34.

  • Ðeáh hý sýn on þyson woroldgesǽlþon ða unspédgestan,

      Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 4.

  • Ǽlc ðara ðe ðás woruldgesǽlþa hæfþ,

      Bt. 11. 2; Fox 34, 23.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorold-gesǽlþa.” 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/35218.

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