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weorold-gilp

  • noun [ masculine ]
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weorold-gilp, es; m.
Worldly glory
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  • Ðǽm upáhæfenum is tó cýðanne hwelc náwuht ðes woruldgielp (worldgilp, Cott. MSS.) is

    elatis intimandum est, quam sit nulla temporalis gloria,

      Past. 41 ; Swt. 299, 6.
  • For ðære gewilnunga woroldgielpes and giétsunga

    appetendis lucris temporalibus honoribusque,

    21 ;
      Swt. 157, 2.
  • Wé ðurh ða ne wilniaþ woruldgielpes per eam humanas laudes assequi minime ambimus, 48; Swt. 375, 11.

    Largitas . . .

    ðæt is ðæt man wíslíce his ǽhta áspende, ná for woruld-gylpe,
      Homl. Skt. i. 16, 327, 330.
Etymology
[For weorldȝelpe, worldjelpe, O. E. Homl. i. 105, 14, 13.]
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  • weorold-gilp, n.