Weorold-líf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-líf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 67; Th. ii. 228, 3. Ða ðe unrihtes on weoruldlífe worhtan, Ps. Th. 91, 6. Nis him onwendednes on woruldlífe

Definitions

1 weorold-líf

n. I. life in this world, life on earth:-- Ðæt ðú mé forgyfe ðæt mínes worldlífes bletsung anstande ut tu mihi condones ut mundanae meae vitae benedatio permaneat, L. Ecg. P. inon est illis commutatio, 54, 20: 114, 7: 118, 92 : Cd. Th. 222, 12 ; Dan. 103 : Exon. Th. 172, 11; Gú. 1142 : 294, 15 ; Crä. 15 : Wulfst. 258, 15. Hé self lifde on gneáðum worold-life he (bishop Lupus) lived a very frugal life on earth. Shrn. 110, 5. Ðæt hió ne wunian on worldlífe ita ut non sint, Ps. Th. 103, 33 : 61, 12: Exon. Th. 427, 7; Rä. 41. 87. II. the period of the world's duration, the while the world lasts:-- Ealle on weoruldlífe weorþaþ gedréfde conturbentur in seculum seculi, Ps. Th. 82, 13. Nele God wið ende ǽfre tó worulde his milde mód mannum áfyrran on woruldlífe wera cneórissum numquid Deus in finem misericordiam suam abscindet a seculo et generatione? 76, 7. Ðú eart ána God ðe ǽghwylc miht wundor gewyrcean on woruldlífe, 76, 11. III. worldly life, secular life:-- Hé mynsterlíf ðam weoruldlífe forbær monasticam saeculari vitam praetulit, Bd. 5, 19 ; S. 637, 8. Hé óþer líf má lufode ðonne ðæt woruldlíf, S. 638, 7. [þiss weorelldlif iss wel þurrh nihht bitacnedd, Orm. 2978.] weorold-lif

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᛚᛁᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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