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Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-ríce

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1 weorold-ríce

adj. Having worldly power or wealth:-- Sum dýre bið woruldrícum men. Exon. Th. 295, 26 ; Crä. 39. Nǽnigum woruld-rícum men ne cininge sylfum, Blickl. Homl. 223, 27. Worldrícum men, ðe áhte on ðysse worlde mycelne welan and swíðe módelíco gestreón and manigfealde, 113, 5. Worldrícra manna deáþ, 107, 29. weorold-rice
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᚱᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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