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wela

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
wealth, riches
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  • Wela, hord, feoh

    gazofilacium

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 24.
  • Wuldur and wela

    gloria et divitiae

    • Ps. Th. 111, 3.
  • Geðenc nú hwæt ðínes ágnes seó ealra ðissa woruldǽhta and welena . . . hwæt hæfst ðú . . . æt ðám welum ? Sege mé nú hwæþer se ðín wela (divitiae) ðínes þances swá deóre seó . . . ða welan beóþ leóftǽlran ðonne ðonne hié mon selþ, ðonne hié beón ðonne hí mon hesly . . . Gif nú eall ðises middaneardes wela cóme tó ánum men, hú ne wǽron ealle óþre men wǽdlan ? Genóh sweotol ðæt is, ðætte gód hlísa biþ betera ðonne ǽnig wela

    • Bt. 13
    • ;
    • Fox 38, 1-24.
  • Ǽlc sóþ wela

    opes

    • 7, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 20, 16.
  • Ðæt unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, oþþe eal se wela

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 29.
  • Eal eorþan wela

    • Blickl. Homl. 51, 30.
  • Wala

    divitiae

    • Rtl. 81, 18.
  • Welan patrimonii, welan, spédignesse opulentia

    • Hpt. Gl. 491, 7-9.
  • Ne biddan wé úrne Drihten ðyses lǽnan welan, ne ðyssa eorþlícra geofa

    • Blickl. Homl. 21, 11.
  • Of ðisse worulde welan (wælom, Lind.)

    de mamona

    • Lk. Skt. 16, 9.
  • Úre ieldran begeáton welan, and ús lǽfdon

    • Past. pref.
    • ;
    • Swt. 5, 15.
  • Se man áhte mycelne welan

    • Blickl. Homl. 197, 30.
  • Æhte síne, beágas and botlgestreón welan, wunden gold

    • Cd. Th. 116, 4
    • ;
    • Gen. 1931: Exon. Th. 331, 1
    • ;
    • Vy. 61: Andr. Kmbl. 603
    • ;
    • An. 302.
  • Welan bryttian

    • Cd. Th. 131, 19
    • ;
    • Gen. 2178.
  • Weolan

    • Chr. 1065
    • ;
    • Erl. 197, 26: Ps. Th. 16, 9.
  • Gif ðæt ðíne ágne welan wǽron

    • Bt. 7, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 20, 18: Blickl. Homl. 53, 21: 99, 24: 113, 25.
  • Wealan (weolan, Surt.)

    divitiae,

    • Ps. Th. 61, 11.
  • Ǽgðer ge ðínra welona ge ðínes weorþscipes

    opum dignitatumque

    • Bt. 7, 3;
    • Fox 20, 4.
  • Ðæra wlenca ł walana (weolan, Rush.)

    divitiarum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 22
  • Walana ł weala (willana, Rush.)

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 19.
  • Wiþsacaþ ðám leásum welum . . . and ðám unálýfdum gestreónum

    • Blickl. Homl. 53, 23.
  • Hé weorþode his deórlingas mid miclum welum

    • Bt. 28
    • ;
    • Fox 100, 29: Andr. Kmbl. 1509
    • ;
    • An. 756
    • .
  • Weolum

    divitiis

    • Nar. 4, 7: Bd. 4, 11
    • ;
    • S. 579, 8.
  • Welum (walum, Lind.)

    • Lk. Skt. 8, 14.
  • Ða welan dǽlan earmum monnum

    • Blickl. Homl. 49, 32.
abundance, wealth
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  • Hærfest cymþ, wæstmum hladen, wela byð geyped

    • Menol. Fox 282
    • ;
    • Men. 142.
  • Welan neótan, londes frætwa

    • Exon. Th. 208, 2
    • ;
    • Ph. 149
    • .
  • Mid wuldres welan

    cum gloria,

    • Ps. Th. 72, 19.
  • Mid welan bewunden

    • Cd. Th. 27, 19
    • ;
    • Gen. 420: 42, 2;
    • Gen. 668.
  • Beóð ðínes wífes welan gelíce swá on wín-gearde weaxen berigean

    uxor tua sicut vitis abundans

    • Ps. Th. 127, 3.
  • Búwa eorðan and féd ðé on hyre welum (weolum, Surt.)

    inhabita terram, et pasceris in divitiis ejus

    • 36, 3.
weal, prosperity, happy estate
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  • Bið him se wela onwended, and wyrð him wíte gegearwod,

    • Cd. Th. 28, 5;
    • Gen. 431.
  • Wæs him beorht wela, þenden ðæt folc mid him hiera fæder wǽre healdan woldon,

    • 216, 20
    • ;
    • Dan. 9: 96, 32
    • ;
    • Gen. 1603.
  • Dó hiá ondueardlíc gefeáiga uale

    fac eos praesenti gaudere prosperitate,

    • Rtl. 70, 1.
  • Onceósan gódes and yfeles, welan and wáwan

    • Cd. Th. 30, 12
    • ;
    • Gen; 466.
  • Hí móton him ðone welan ágan ðe wé on heofonríce habban sceoldon, ríce mid rihte

    • 27, 24;
    • Gen. 422.
  • Hé þeóda gehwam heofonríce forgeaf, wídbrádne welan

    • 40, 22;
    • Gen. 643.
  • God sealde welan swá wíte, swá hé wolde sylf

    • 256, 23
    • ;
    • Dan. 645: Exon. Th. 85, 9
    • ;
    • Cri. 1385.
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. Laym. O. and N. wele, weole
A. R. weole
Gen. and Ex. wale
Pr. C. Chauc. Piers P. Gow. wele
O. Sax. welo
O. H. Ger. wela, wola, wolo riches, prosperity
]
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v.  weola wala weala.
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