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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,

      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. I a.

    abundance, wealth

    :-- 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.]
Similar entries
v. ǽht-, ǽr-, ǽt-, ár-, blǽd-, bold-, botl-, burg-, eád-, eorþ-, fóddur-, fold-, grund-, hord-, land-, líf-, máðum-, náwiht-, weoruld-wela.
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v.  weola wala weala.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wela.” 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/34990.

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