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Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-gleng

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1 weorold-gleng

or e; m. or f. Worldly pomp :-- Se blinda ne bæd goldes, ne seolfres, ne worldglenga, Blickl. Homl. 21, 6. Se snotera wer ne gewilnaþ ðara woruldglenga, ne ðæs líchaman wlite, ac gewilnaþ ðære sáwle, Basil admn. 8; Norm. 52, 14. Heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige ne wlance þurh woroldglænge, L. Eth. vii. 4; Th. i. 334, 4. Ðá forlét hé ealle ðás woruldglenga. Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 16, 18. weorold-gleng
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Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᚷᛚᛖᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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