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wlencu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wlencu, (-o); indecl.: wlenc, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§383; §614;
pride, high spirit.
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v. wlanc, I
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  • Wénic ðæt gé for wlenco, nalles for wræcsíðum, ac for higeþrymmum Hróðgár sóhton,

    • Beo. Th. 681
      • ;
    • B. 338.

  • Þrym sceal mid wlenco, þríste mid cénum,

    • Exon. Th. 337, 7
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 61.
in an unfavourable sense, pride, arrogance, haughtiness, insolence.
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v. wlanc, II
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  • Him wlenco gesceód, oferhýd egle,

    • Cd. Th. 258, 20
      • ;
    • Dan. 678.

  • Hié wlenco onwód, ðæt hié firendǽda tó frece wurdon,

    • 155, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 2579: 217, 3
      • ;
    • Dan. 17.

  • Uulencu

    fastu,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 32.

  • Wlenceo,

      35, 12.

  • Git for wlence wada cunnedon, and for dolgilpe on deóp wæter aldrum néþdon,

    • Beo. Th. 1020
      • ;
    • B. 508
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 114, 27
      • ;
    • Gú. 179.

  • Ðý læs hé for wlence, wuldorgeofona ful, of gemete hweorfe, and forhycge heánspédigran,

    • 294, 32
      • ;
    • Crä. 24
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 100, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 1673.

  • For wlenco,

    • Beo. Th. 2416
      • ;
    • B. 1206.

  • Wlence

    insolentiam,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 6.

  • Þeódum ýwaþ wísdóm weras, wlencu forleósaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 132, 18
      • ;
    • Gú. 474.
used of an animal
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  • e
distinction of various kinds, splendour, pomp, dignity, magnificence, wealth, greatness.
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v. wlanc, IV
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  • Ða tída ða áne burg welge gedydan . . . þurh ðære ánre burge wlenco (wealth ) wurdon ealle óþra tó wǽdlan gedóne,

    • Ors. 5, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 214, 10.

  • Forseó ðysse worulde wlenco, gif ðú wille beón welig on ðínum móde,

      Prov. Kmbl. 50.

  • Ǽghwylce wlence and ídele rence forhogian

    to despise all pomp and vanity,

    • L. I. P. 14
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 322, 9.

  • Ðæt mennisce mód bið oft upáhafen, ðeáh hit mid náne onwalde ne sié underléd; ac hú micle má wénst ðú ðæt hit wolde, gif ða wlencea (wlenca,

      Hatt. MS.
    ) and se anwald ðǽr wǽre tó gemenged,

    • Past. 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 114, 1.

  • Hié wǽron welige on ðyssum middangearde, and heora wlenca wǽron swíþe monigfealde on landum and on wíngeardum, and heora hordernu wǽron mid monigfealdum wlencum gefylde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 14-17
      • :
    • 101, 7.

  • Hwǽr beóþ ðonne his welan and his wista? hwǽr beóþ ðonne his wlencea and his anmédlan?

      111, 34.

  • Hé is wyrma wlence

    it is the pride of serpents,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 165
      • ;
    • Sal. 82.

  • Ðæra wlenca ł walana

    divitiarum,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 22.

  • Hé breác longe ǽr wlencea under wolcnum (cf. his mód ǽr tó ðám woruldsǽlþum gewunod wæs,

    • Bt. 1
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 1
    ),

      Met. 1, 76.

  • Ic cwæð on mínum wlencum and on mínre orsorhnesse

    ego dixi in abundantia mea,

    • Ps. Th. 29, 6
      • :
    • Past. 65
      • ;
    • Swt. 465, 15.

  • Ne ðyrfe hé bión tó upáhæfen for nánum wlencum ne for nánre orsorgnesse

    non huuc prospera elevent,

    • 14
      • ;
    • Swt. 83, 16.

  • Ðone naman ic sceolde habban, ðæt ic wǽre wela and weorþscipe; ac hié hine habbaþ on mé genumen, and hine habbaþ gesealdne heora wlencum and getehhod tó heora leásum welum,

    • Bt. 7, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 20, 30
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 53, 9.

  • Þeáh hwá wexe mid micelre æþelcundnesse his gebyrda, and þeó on eallum welum and on eallum wlencum

    magnet titulis fulgeat claris domus,

    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • Fox 68, 32
      • :
    • Met. 10, 28.

  • Ðú forlǽtan scealt ídle ofersǽlþa . . . ne ðú ðé ǽfre ne lǽt wlenca gewǽcan,

      Met. 5, 31.
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v. gold-, ofer-, weorold-wlencu.
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v.  wlanc wlanc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wlencu.” 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/36348.

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