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bold-wéla

  • noun [ masculine ]
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bold-wéla, an; m. [bold a house, wéla wealth] .
a dwelling of wealth or happiness; prædium, opes domesticæ
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  • Ne mæg ðé adón ðínne boldwélan

    thou mayest not take thee thy dwelling of wealth or happiness,

    • Soul Kmbl. 118
      • ;
    • Seel. 59
      • .
paradise, heaven; paradisus = παράδεισos, cœlum
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  • Ðé is neorxna wang boldwéla fægrost

    paradise is to thee the fairest dwelling of happiness,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 206
      • ;
    • An. 103
      • .

  • Adam and Æue anforléton beorhtne boldwélan

    Adam and Eve forsook bright paradisal happiness,

    • Exon. 73 a
      • ;
    • Th. 272, 22
      • ;
    • Jul. 503
      • .

  • He gesóhte swegle dreámas, beorhtne boldwélan

    he sought the joys of heaven, the bright dwelling of happiness,

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 65
      • ;
    • Ap. 33
      • .

  • He [God] sceal rǽdan, se ðe ródor ahóf, wuldres fylde beorhtne boldwélan

    he [God] shall rule, who uplifted the firmament, with glory filled the bright dwelling of wealth,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1047
      • ;
    • An. 524
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “bold-wéla.” 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/4830.

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