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wer-þeód

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wer-þeód, e; f.
a people, nation; pl. nations, men
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  • Wé ðé freóndlíce on ðisse werþeóde wíc getǽhton,

      Cd. Th. 162, 26; Gen. 2687: Elen. Kmbl. 1283; El. 643.

  • On ðære werþeóde,

      Andr. Kmbl. 273; An. 137.

  • Ðú ðás werðeóde gesóhtest,

      Cd. Th. 149, 21; Gen. 2478: 171, 2; Gen. 2822.

  • In ðære folcsceare geond ða werþeóde,

      Elen. Kmbl. 1934; El. 969.

  • Ongunnon wercan werþeóda (cf. leáse men,

      Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 30) spell, Met. 26, 73.

  • Werþióda,

      29, 28.

  • Werðeóde,

      Cd. Th. 211, 1; Exod. 519.

  • Ðæt is ðæs wyrðe, ðætte werþeóde secgen Dryhtne þonc,

      Exon. Th. 38, 2; Cri. 600: 281, 9; Jul. 643.

  • Waldend werþeóda,

      45, 4; Cri. 714: Cd. Th. 202, 4; Exod. 383.

  • Hé manegum wearð geond middangeard mannum tó hróðre, werþeódum tó wræce,

      Elen. Kmbl. 33; El. 17.

  • Werþeódum Filistina,

      Salm. Kmbl. 424; Sal. 212.

  • Se ðe waldeþ giond werþióda ealra óþra eorþan cyninga,

      Met. 24, 35.

  • Wutun hí tówyrpan geond werþeóda

    disperdamus eos ex gente,

      Ps. Th. 82, 4: 105, 19: 59, 1: Cd. Th. 61, 2; Gen. 991.

  • Geond wærðeóda,

      Menol. Fox 252; Men. 127.

  • Geond ealle werðeóda,

      Ps. Th. 90, 16.

  • Geond ðás werþeóde

    in omnibus gentibus,

      66, 2.

  • Ofer werþeóda,

      104, 6.

  • Ge néh ge feor is ðín nama hálig ofer werþeóda,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1086; An. 543.

  • Wíde geweorðod ofer werþeóda,

      Apstls. Kmbl. 30; Ap. 15: Beo. Th. 1802; B. 899: Exon. Th. 243, 12; Jul. 9: Lchdm. iii. 36, 24.

  • Werþióde,

      Met. 9, 21.

  • Ofer ealle werþeóde

    inter gentes,

      Ps. Th. 104, 1.
men, the world, cf. weorold, VI a
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  • Hú mihte ðæt gewyrðan in werþeóde (how in the world did it happen?), ðæt ðú ne gehýrde Hǽlendes miht? Andr. Kmbl. 1146; An. 573. ¶ Werðeóde glosses

    nixu,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 73.
Etymology
[Icel. ver-þjóð mankind, men.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wer-þeód.” 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/35416.

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