Weorold-weorþscipe

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - weorold-weorþscipe

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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weorold-weorþscipe
m. Worldly honour, civil dignity:-- Hæbbe hé (the priest) Godes miltse, and tó woroldweorðscipe ðæt hé sý þegenweres and þegenrihtes wyrðe (his civil status is that of a thane), L. Eth.

Related words: 9; Th. i. 306, 20. Tó woruldwurðscipe sí hé þegenlage wyrðe, L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 16: Wulfst. 270, 32. weorold-weorþscipe

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