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weorold-gleng

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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weorold-gleng, es or e; m. or f.
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  • Se blinda ne bæd goldes, ne seolfres, ne worldglenga,

      Blickl. Homl. 21, 6.
  • Se snotera wer ne gewilnaþ ðara woruldglenga, ne ðæs líchaman wlite, ac gewilnaþ ðære sáwle, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 52, 14.
  • Heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige ne wlance þurh woroldglænge,

      L. Eth. vii. 4; Th. i. 334, 4.
  • Ðá forlét hé ealle ðás woruldglenga. Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 16, 18.
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  • weorold-gleng, n.