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weorold-sǽlþa

  • noun [ feminine ]
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weorold-sǽlþa, pl. f.
This world's goods, earthly blestings
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  • Eálá hwæþer gé nétenlícan men ongiton hwelc se wela sié and se anweald and ða woruldsǽlþa ? Bt. 16, 2 ; Fox 50, 36 note. Nis ðé náuht swíþor ðonne ðæt ðú forloren hæfst ða woruldsǽlþa ðe ðú ǽr hæfdest (

    fortunae prioris affectu tabescis

    ). Ic ongite ðæt ða woruldsǽlþa óleccaþ ðǽm módum ðe hí willaþ beswícan,
      7, 1 ; Fox 16, 8-12 : 8 ; Fox 26, 5, 8.
  • Mé áblendan ðás ungetreówan woruldsǽlþa

    dum levibus malefida bonis fortuna faveret, paene caput tristis merserat hora meum

    ,
      2; Fox 4, 9: Met. 2, 10.
  • Se ymbhoga ðyssa woruldsǽlþa,

      7, 54.
  • Woruldsélþa,

      Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 29.
  • Swá his mód ǽr swíðor tó dám woruldsǽlþum gewunod wæs,

      1; Fox 4, 1.
  • Ic wolde ðæt wil máre spræcan ymbe ða woruldsǽlða

    vellem pauca tecum fortunae ipsius verbis agitare,

      7, 3; Fox 20, 1.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. weralt-sálida fortuna, terrena felicitas.]
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v. weorold-gesǽlþa.
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v.  weorold-gesǽlþa.
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