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weorold-spéd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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weorold-spéd, e; f.
worldly wealth; generally in plural,
this world's goods
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  • Syllan ðone teóþan dǽl úre worldspéda,

      Blickl. Homl. 35, 20.

  • Mid hire ǽhtum and worldspédon

    possessionibus suis et mundanis opibus,

      L. Ecg. P. ii. 16 ; Th. ii. 188, 3.

  • Weoroldspédum,

      Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 489, 27.

  • Ða ðe habbaþ weoruldspéde

    habentes subsidia,

      S. 490, 8.

  • Hé him weoruldspéde and ǽhte (

    locus faculiasque

    ) forgeaf,
      3, 24; S. 556, 42.

  • Ðé Dryhten geaf welan and wiste and woruldspéde,

      Andr. Kmbl. 636; An. 318.

  • Ðonne hié wilniaþ ðæt hié hira woruldspéda (world-, Cott. MSS.) ícen ðonne weorðaþ hié bedǽlede ðæs écean éðles úres Fæder

    dum hic multiplicari appetunt, illic ab aeterno patrimonio exheredes fiunt,

      Past. 44; Swt. 333, 5.

  • On ðara mánfulra forþforlǽtenesse on ðás woruldspéda,

      Bt. 5, 1 ; Fox 10, 23.
  • Nolde hé him geceósan welige yldran, ac ða ðe hæfdon lytle worldspéda. Blickl. Homl. 23, 26: 37, 36.
worldly success
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  • Syndon ðíne willan on woruldspédum rihte,

      Cd. Th. 234, 11; Dan. 290 : Exon. Th. 185, 20 ; Az. 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorold-spéd.” 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/35265.

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