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weorold-ríce

  • noun [ neuter ]
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weorold-ríce, es; n.
the kingdom of this world, this world
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  • Ne þearf ic ǽnigre áre wénan on woruldríce,

      Cd. Th. 62, 32 ; Gen. 1024: 67, 33; Gen. 1110: 99, 4; Gen. 1641.

  • Eorðcyninga se wísesta on woruldríce,

      202, 25; Exod. 393: 201, 1; Exod. 365.

  • Bibeád ic eów ðæt gé bróþor míne in woruldríce wel árétten,

      Exon. Th. 91, 32 ; Cri. 1501 : 275, 12; Jul. 549: 290, 14; Wand. 65: 442, 16 ; Kl. 13.
  • Hú wolde ðæt geweoðan on woruldríce? Elen. Kmbl. 910; El. 456.
  • In worldríce, 2095 ; El. 1049.

  • Hé hét ðæt on worldríce wunian éce

    fundavit eam in secula,

      Ps. Th. 77, 68.

  • Ne beó nǽnig man hér on worldríce on his geþóhte tó mó;dig,

      Blickl. Homl. 109, 27.
  • For hwam winneþ ðis wæter geond woruldríce? Salm. Kmbl. 785 ; Sal. 392.
a kingdom of this world, an earthly kingdom, earthly power
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  • Náuht woruldríces fæstes beón ne mæg,

      Bt. 8; Fox 26, 11.

  • Ic ongite ðætte ǽlces gódes genóg nis on ðisum woruldwelan, ne æltæwe anweald nis on nánum woruldríce

    video nic opibus sufficientiam, nec regnis potentiam posse contingere,

      33, 1 ; Fox 120, 3.

  • Hé hine (

    Nebuchadnezzar

    ) ásceád of ðam woroldríce (world-,
      Cott. MSS.), Past. 4; Swt. 39, 21.

  • Woruldríce,

      Cd. Th. 253, 2; Dan. 589.

  • Ðú woruldrícum wealdest eallum,

      Ps. Th. 144, 13.

  • On worldrícum,

      77, 2.

  • Geond woruldrícu,

      113, 9.
Etymology
[Wha wolde wenen a þissere weorldriche, Laym. 15179. Þe laþe gast himm bæd all weorelldrichess ahhte. Orm. 11800. O. Sax. werold-ríki the world; earthly power : O. H. Ger. weralt-ríchi orbis terrarum.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorold-ríce.” 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/35256.

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