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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gold-hord

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m. n. A treasure, treasury; thesaurus :-- Nellen gé goldhordian eów goldhordas on eorþan ... goldhordiaþ eów goldhordas on heofenan ... ðær ðín goldhord is ðǽr is ðín heorte nolite thesaurizare vobis thesauros in terra ... thesaurizate vobis thesauros in cælo ... ubi est thesaurus tuus, ibi est cor tuum, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 19-21: 2, 11: 13, 44, 52: Exon. 19 b; Th. 49, 18; Cri. 787. Goldhord dǽlan to distribute treasure, Cd. 173; Th. 216, 16; Dan. 2. Ðæt goldhord, ðæt yldum wæs lange behýded the treasure that was long hidden from men, Elen. Kmbl. 1578; El. 791. Goldhord thesaurarium, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 23; Wrt. Voc. 58, 63. He gesette ðone gársecg on his goldhorde ponens in thesauris abyssos, Ps. Th. 32, 6. Ðe forþlǽdeþ fægere windas of his goldhordum qui producit ventos de thesauris suis, Ps. Th. 134, 8. gold-hord
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ᚷᚩᛚᛞ-ᚻᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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