Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

weorold-wela

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
weorold-wela, an; m.
Worldly wealth, worldly good
Show examples

  • Se woruldwela (pompa) his frætewunga áweorpende fleáh, Gl. Prud. 52 a. Sume mægon habban ælles woruldwelan genóg

    huic census exuberat,

      Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 30.

  • Hé wilnaþ hwæthweg ðises woruldwelan,

      26, 2 ; Fox 94, 3.

  • Hí geleáfan ceósaþ ofer woruldwelan,

      Exon. Th. 230, 30 ; Ph. 480.

  • Ne wearð ǽnig eorðlíc cyning mǽrra ðonne Salomon wearð þuruh ǽghwylcne woroldwelan,

      Wulfst. 277, 23.

  • Ða woruldwelan synt gesceapene tó bíswice ðám monnum ðe beóþ neátenum gelíce. Bt. 14,

      1; Fox 42, 2.

  • Swylcra fela weoruldwelena (cf. ealne ðisne andweardan welan,

      Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 20), Met. 19, 26.

  • Waa ieów welegum, ðe iówer lufu eall and tóhopa is on eówrum woruldwelum,

      Past. 26; Swt. 181, 24.
  • Ðiossum woruldwelum, 45 ; Swt. 339, 6.

  • Ðás land beóð neáh ðǽm burgum ðe beóð eallum woruldwelum gefylled

    hic est ciuitas uicina diues, omnibus bonis plena,

      Nar. 34, 33.
Etymology
[Gif þu best aihteles. . . ac gef þu hauest woreldwele . . . , O. E. Homl. ii. 29, 28. O. Sax. werold-welo: O. H. Ger. weralt-wolun ; pl. mammona.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “weorold-wela.” 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/35281.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • weorold-wela, n.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.