adj. Earthly. I. in a physical sense :-- Ðæt heó mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes (other MSS. middaneardlíce) wæstmas, ne forbærne, Lchdm. iii. 250, 17. II. as distinguished from spiritual or heavenly, worldly, mundane, earthly :-- Godes sunu becom tó ðissum middanearde tó ðí ðæt hé mid his hálgan láre middaneardlíc gedwyld (human error) ádwǽscte, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 13: 366, 9. On middaneardlícum lustum in worldly pleasures, 368, 3. Ealle middaneardlíce þing forhogiende despising all the things of this world, 130, 1. Middaneardlíce genipu mundana nubila, Hymn. Surt. 74, 3: 91, 23: Homl. Skt. 2, 241. middaneardlic,middaneard-lic