Wíde-feorh

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

wíde-feorh

long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative with adverbial force, for a long time, for ever. VII :-- Wé sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé widefeorh (through all time) weorcum hlódun, Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784. Á forð heonan wídeferh for ever, 36, 28; Cri. 583. Swá áwa sceal wesan wídeferh, 142, 12 ; Gú. 643 : 350, 1; Sch. 57: 255, 32; Jul. 223. Ic him wille wídeferh wesan underþýded, 138, 12; Gú. 375: 420, 23; Rä. 40, 8: 421, 20; Rä. 40, 21. Wídeferg, 270, 19; Jul. 467. Ðonne hé gást ofgifeþ, syþþan hine gærsbedd sceal wunian wídefyrh (so the MS.; -fyrhþ (?) as Thorpe reads), Ps. Th. 102, 15. v. next two words. wide-feorh

Parole correlate: wíd,