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welig, (-eg); adj.
Wealthy, rich, opulent,
of persons, in respect to material or non-material riches
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  • Welig dives, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 18:

    pecuniosus,

      54, 53.

  • Sum welig man wæs

    homo quidam erat dives,

      Lk. 16, l, 19.

  • Sum weli (welig,

      MS. A.: wælig, Lind.) mann, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 57.

  • Hé wæs swíðe welig (weolig,

      Rush.), Lk. Skt. 18, 23.

  • Sum welig mon

    vir quidam, privatis opibus reipublicae vires superans,

      Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 24.

  • Hé wæs swíðe welig þearfum, and him sylfum swíðe hafenleás,

      Homl. Th. ii. 148, 33.

  • Swíðe welig on golde and on seolfre and on orfe and on geteldum,

      Gen. 13, 5.

  • Forseó ðysse worulde wlenco, gif ðú wille beón welig on ðínum móde,

      Prov. Kmbl. 50.

  • Ðes and ðeós welega

    hic et haec diues,

      Ælfc. Gr. 6, 2; Zup. 18, 12.

  • Earfoð*-*líce se welega (-iga,

      Rush.)
    gǽð on Godes ríce, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 23: Ps. Th. 71, 12: Blickl. Homl. 51, 2.

  • Se welega man,

      197, 28.

  • Weliga,

      Exon. Th. 245, 1; Jul. 38.

  • On ðæs rícan neáweste and ðæs welegan,

      Blickl. Homl. 53, 5.

  • Hwæt bið ðæm welegan (welgan,

      Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 12) woruldgítsere ðe bet, Met. 14, 1.

  • Ðæm welgan,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 24.

  • Welige

    dites, divites,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 46.

  • Manega welige (wealigo,

      Lind.: weolge, Rush.) torfudon fela, Mk. Skt. 12, 41.

  • Weolie,

      Ps. Surt. 33, 11.

  • Ða welegan,

      Past. 26; Swt. 181, 3.

  • Gongan tó byrgenne weligra manna,

      Blickl. Homl. 99, 13.

  • Wǽ iúh weligum,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 24.

  • Geceósan welige yldran,

      Blickl. Homl. 23, 25.

  • Ge ða welegan ge ða þearfan,

      107, 12.

  • Ne clypa ðú ðíne welegan (weligo,

      Lind.: wealigo, Rush.) néhhebúras, Lk. Skt. 14, 12.

  • Ða welegan (weligo,

      Lind.: weolige, Rush.), 21, 1.

  • Swá mycele swá se mann biþ weligra on ðisse worlde, swá him se uplíca Déma tó sécþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 95, 32.

  • Weolegrum

    ditiori,

      Kent. Gl. 834.

  • Weliogran ( = wiolegran)

    ditiores,

    377.

  • Welegost,

      Bt. 26, 1; Fox 92, 7.
of places where wealth is accumulated
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  • On ðære welegan byrig (

    Rome

    ),
      Met. 1, 37.

  • Wícstede weligne,

      Beo. Th. 5207; B. 2607.

  • Hé wolde oferwinnan sume welige burh,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 532.

  • Nǽron ðá welige hámas,

      Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4: Met. 8, 8.

  • Setl wuldorspédum welig,

      Cd. Th. 6, 11; Gen. 87.

  • Babylonia ðe ðá welegre wæs ðonne ǽnigu óþeru burg

    Babyloniam, urbem tunc cunctis opulentiorem,

      Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 26.

  • Sidonem, seó wæs welegast (

    opulentissima

    ) on ðǽm dagum,
      3, 5: Swt. 104, 30.
of places or things which produce abundantly, of seasons in which there is abundance
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  • Ðæt wiolie

    opimum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 64.

  • Eorðan ðú gefyllest éceum wæstmum, ðæt heó welig weorþeþ

    multiplicasti locupletare terram,

      Ps. Th. 64, 9.

  • Hit is welig, ðis eálond, on wæstmum and on treówum

    opima frugibus atque arboribus insula,

      Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 12.

  • Hwæðer hit nú ðínes gewealdes sié ðæt se hærfest sié swá welig on wæstmum

    an tua in aestivos fructus intumescit ubertas?

      Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 28.

  • Wæstmbǽre geár and welígé

    ubertatis anni,

      Gen. 41, 26.

  • Swíðe wæstmbǽre geár and swíðe welige anni fertilitatis, 41, 29. (3 a) fig. :-- Mid ðam gelǽredan biscope hé wunode on weligre láre tó langum fyrste

    with that learned bishop he continued for a long time, engaged in learning which was rich in results,

      Homl. Th. ii. 502, 21.
Etymology
[Laym. weoli: C. M. weli: O. L. Ger. welag ditis: O. H. Ger. welac ditis.]
Similar entries
v. folc-, mód-welig.
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v.  wealig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “welig.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/35019.

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