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Weoruld-lufu

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1 weoruld-lufu

f. Love of the world, love of worldly things:-- Wé nellaþ búgan fram ðyssere andweardan woruldlufe, Homl. Th. i. 580, 3. Se cwyrnstán, ðe tyrnð singallíce, and nǽnne færeld ne ðurhtíhð, getácnaþ woruldlufe, ðe on gedwyldum hwyrftlaþ, and nǽnne stæpe on Godes wege ne gefæstnaþ, 514, 21. Se man ðe ánrǽdlíce wile his synna geswícan, dǽle on Godes ést eal ðæt hé áge, and forlǽte eard and éðel and ealle ðás worldlufu, L. Pen. 17; Th. ii. 284, 19. weoruld-lufu
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ᚹᛇᚱᚢᛚᛞ-ᛚᚢᚠᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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