Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-hláford

Part of speech: es;

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1 weorold-hláford

m. An earthly master, a temporal lord:-- Se ðe gyfð ge ðæs worldhláfordes freóndscype ge his ágenne, Shrn. 177, 6. Se esne ðe ǽrendaþ his woroldhláforde wífes, Past. 19; Swt. 143, 2. Beó manna gehwylc hold and getrýwe his worldhláforde. Wulfst. 74, 9. Hí ic wille wyrðian swá swá man worldhláford sceal, Shrn. 196, 32. Woruldhláfordas móston ðære fiohbóte onfón, L. Alf. 49 ; Th. i. 58, 7. Beóð gé underðeódde eówrum woroldhláfordum obedite dominis carnalibus. Past. 29; Swt. 201, 21. Wé lǽraþ þæt Godes þeówas beón geornlíce Gode þeówigende . . . and ðæt hí beón á heora ealdre holde and gehýrsume . . . and ðæt hí beón heora worldhláfordum eác holde and getrýwe, L. Edg. C. 1; Th. ii. 244, 5. weorold-hlaford

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Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᚻᛚᚪᚠᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.: Latin

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Shrn.: Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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