Weorod. i
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - weorod. i
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- weorod. I
- add :-- Se eádmóda heáp geearnode æt Gode þæt iú ǽr þæt módige werod forleás the humble company (the apostles at Pentecost) obtained by their merit from God what long before the proud host (the people at the tower of Babel) lost, Hml. Th. i. 318, 14. III l. add :-- Án út ásceát of Latina weorode, and ánwíges bæd, Ors. 3, 6 ; S. 108, 10.