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Babilón

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
This celebrated city of antiquity, in Mesopotamia, was built on both banks of the Euphrates. Its foundation by Nimrod is mentioned immediately after the Deluge,
  • Gen. 10, 9, 10: 11, 9
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  • Nimrod [MS. Membrað], se ent, ongan ǽrest timbrian Babilónia; and Ninus, se cyning æfter him, and Sameramis, his cwén, hí ge-endade æfter him, on middeweardum hire ríce. Seó burh wæs getimbred on fildum lande, and on swíðe emnum. And heó wæs swíðe fæger on to lócianne, and heó is swíðe rihte feówerscýte. And ðæs wealles mycelnyss and fæstnyss, is ungelýfedlíc to secgenne: ðæt he is l elna brád, and ii hund elna heáh, and his ymbgang is hund seofantig míla, and seofeþan dǽl ánre míle ... Seó ylce burh Babylónia, seó ðe mǽst wæs, and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is nú læst and wéstast

    Nimrod, the giant, first began to build Babylon; and, after him, king Ninus, and then Semiramis, his queen, finished it in the middle of her reign. The city was built on open and very level land. It was very fair to look upon, and it is quite a true square. The greatness and firmness of the wall, when stated, is hardly to be believed. It is fifty ells broad, and two hundred ells high, and its circumference is seventy miles, and the seventh part of a mile ... This very city of the Babylonians, which was the greatest and first of all cities, is now the least and most desolate,

    • Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 17-31
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  • Babilón wæs mǽrost burga

    Babylon was the greatest of cities,

    • Cd. 209; Th. 259, 19
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    • Dan. 694
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  • Babilóne weard

    the guardian of Babylon,

    • 177; Th. 222, 14
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    • Dan. 104: 178; Th. 223, 9
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    • Dan. 117
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  • Þurh Babilónian burh

    through the city of Babylon,

    • Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 11
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  • Babilónes brego

    the ruler of Babylon,

    • Cd. 174; Th. 218, 30
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    • Dan. 47
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  • Se wæs Babylónes brego

    he was the ruler of Babylon,

    • 79; Th. 98, 20
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    • Gen. 1633
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  • Ofer flódas Babilónes

    super flumina Babylonis,

    • Ps. Surt. 136, 1
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 136, 1
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  • Dóhtor Babylónes earm

    filia Babylonis misera,

    • Ps. Surt. 136, 8
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 136, 11
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  • In Babilóne

    in Babylon,

    • Cd. 82; Th. 102, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 1707
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  • On ðære þeóde, ðe swá hátte bresne Babilónige

    in the country, that was so called powerful Babylon,

    • 180; Th. 226, 18
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    • Dan. 173
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Etymology
[
Heb. לבֶבָּ bābĕl the city of Belus
:
Grk. Βαβυλών, ῶνος; f
:
Lat. Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
]
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v.  Babilónia Babilónie Babilónige Babilónis Babylón.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Babilón.” 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/2814.

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