Líf-wela

Old English Dictionary Entry

Líf-wela

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 líf-wela

m. Riches that confer or possess life, heavenly riches, wealth belonging to this, or to the next, life :-- Him wæs wuldres dreám, lífwela leófra ðonne ðás leásan godu, Apstls. Kmbl. 97; Ap. 49. Ða lífwelan, swáse swegldreámas, Exon. 27 b; Th. 82, 33; Cri. 1348. Lífwelan the wealth of this world, Cd. 174; Th. 219, 17; Dan. 56. lif-wela

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᚠ-ᚹᛖᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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