FOLDE
- noun [ feminine ]
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He geséceþ fægre land ðonne ðeós folde
he shall seek a fairer land than this earth,
- Cd. 218 ;
- Th. 277, 32 ;
- Sae. 213: 84 ;
- Th. 106, 3 ;
- Gen. 1765: 100 ;
- Th. 133, 2 ;
- Gen. 2204: Exon. 73a ;
- Th. 272, 14 ;
- Jul. 499: 120a ;
- Th. 460, 21 ;
- Hö. 20: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 86 ;
- Met. 11, 43: 20, 118 ;
- Met. 20, 59.
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Folde wæs ðá gyt græs ungréne
the earth was as yet not green with grass,
- Cd. 6 ;
- Th. 7, 35 ;
- Gen. 116: 12 ;
- Th. 14, 7 ;
- Gen. 215: Exon. 43b ;
- Th. 146, 26 ;
- Gú. 715.
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Stód bewrigen folde mid flóde
the dry land stood covered with water,
- Cd. 8 ;
- Th. 10, 15 ;
- Gen. 157.
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Geblissad mid ðám fægrestum foldan stencum
made blissful by the sweetest odours of earth,
- Exon. 56a ;
- Th. 198, 11 ;
- Ph. 8: Cd. 161 ;
- Th. 201, 9 ;
- Exod. 369.
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Foldan bearm or fæðm
the bosom of the earth,
- Beo. Th. 2278 ;
- B. 1137: 2790 ;
- B. 1393: Exon. 93b ;
- Th. 351, 4 ;
- Sch. 75: 125b ;
- Th. 482, 20 ;
- Rä. 67, 4.
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Foldan sceát
a region or tract of the earth,
- Exon. 9a ;
- Th. 5, 21 ;
- Cri. 72: 20b ;
- Th. 55, 6 ;
- Cri. 879: 116a ;
- Th. 445, 20 ;
- Dóm. 10: Bt. Met. Fox 4, 103 ;
- Met. 4, 52: Cd. 75 ;
- Th. 92, 26 ;
- Gen. 1534: 199 ;
- Th. 247, 25 ;
- Dan. 502: 213 ;
- Th. 265, 6 ;
- Sat. 3: Beo. Th. 193 ;
- B. 96.
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On ðisse foldan
on this earth,
- Salm. Kmbl. 953 ;
- Sal. 476: Cd. 121 ;
- Th. 155, 24 ;
- Gen. 2577: Exon. 19b ;
- Th. 50, 28 ;
- Cri. 808: Beo. Th. 2396 ;
- B. 1196: Menol. Fox 283 ;
- Men. 143: Rood Kmbl. 261 ;
- Kr. 132.
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Teóde firum foldan Freá ælmihtig
filiis hŏmĭnum terram omnĭpŏtens creāvit,
- Bd. 4, 24 ;
- S. 597, 24: Cd. 8 ;
- Th. 10, 9 ;
- Gen. 154: Exon. 12b ;
- Th. 20, 22 ;
- Cri. 321.
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Wæs wera gúþhergum éðelland geond-sended, folde feóndum
the people's native land was overspread with hostile bands, their country with enemies,
- Cd. 92 ;
- Th. 118, 22 ;
- Gen. 1969: Exon. 56a ;
- Th. 199, 21 ;
- Ph. 29.
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Unlytel dǽl sídre foldan geond-sended wæs bryne
no small part of the wide land was overspread with burning,
- Cd. 119 ;
- Th. 154, 5 ;
- Gen. 2551.
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Nyste hine on ðæere foldan fira ǽnig
none of the men in the land knew him,
- Salm. Kmbl. 547 ;
- Sal. 273: Menol. Fox 29 ;
- Men. 15.
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Ðæt land geséc ðe ic ðé ýwan wille, bráde foldan
seek the land which I will show thee, a spacious country,
- Cd. 83 ;
- Th. 105, 12 ;
- Gen. 1752: Exon. 123b ;
- Th. 474, 27 ;
- Bo. 37: Salm. Kmbl. 431 ;
- Sal. 216.
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Ðú eart hyht ealra ðe feor on sǽ foldum wuniaþ
thou art the hope of all who dwell in lands far in the sea [i. e. islands ],
- Ps. Th. 64, 6.
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He gefeóll to foldan
he fell to the ground,
- Judth. 12 ;
- Thw. 25, 27 ;
- Jud. 281: Andr. Kmbl. 1474 ;
- An. 738: Exon. 29a ;
- Th. 88, 34 ;
- Cri. 1450: Elen. Kmbl. 1970 ;
- El. 987.
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Him heortan blód foldan geséceþ
his heart's blood seeks the ground,
- Salm. Kmbl. 316 ;
- Sal. 157: Exon. 103b ;
- Th. 393, 17 ;
- Rä. 13, 1.
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Foldan begræfen
buried in the ground,
- Elen. Kmbl. 1944 ;
- El. 974: Exon. 63a ;
- Th. 231, 17 ;
- Ph. 490: Ps. Th. 142, 4.
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God ðone ǽrestan ælda cynnes of ðære clǽnestan foldan geworhte
God made the first of the race of men from the purest earth,
- Exon. 44b ;
- Th. 151, 14 ;
- Gú. 795.
Bosworth, Joseph. “FOLDE.” 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/11140.
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