Weorold-wilnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-wilnung

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 weorold-wilnung

f. Worldly desire:-- Ðæt líf ðæra gesinhíwena, ðeáh hit ful wundorlíc ne sié on mægenum weoruldwilnungum tó wiðstondanne, hit mæg ðeáh bión orsorglíc ǽlcra wíta, Past. 51 ; Swt. 399, 21. Fram weoruldwilnungum hine sceal gehwá fremdian a seculi actibus se facere alienum, R. Ben. 17, 4. weorold-wilnung

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᚹᛁᛚᚾᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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