irfe-weard
- noun [ masculine ]
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Hér ys se yrfeweard [erfuard, Lind : erfeword, Rush.]
hic est heres,
- Lk. Skt. 20, 14 .
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Ðǽr mé gifeðe ǽnig yrfeweard æfter wurde
if any heir to follow me had been granted me,
- Beo. Th. 5455 ;
- B. 2731 :
- Cd. 83 ;
- Th. 103, 33 ;
- Gen. 1727 .
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Óðres ne gýmeþ tó gebídanne yrfeweardas
cares not to await another heir,
- Beo. Th. 4897 ;
- B. 2453.
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Wæs swá mycel mancwealm ðæt manige land binnan ðære byrig wǽran bútan ǽlcum yrfewearde
there was so great a pestilence that many lands within the city were without any to inherit them,
- Ors. 5, 2 ;
- Bos. 102, 13.
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Ús is swíðe uncúþ hwæt úre yrfeweardas and lástweardas dón willon æfter úrum lífe
we are very ignorant of what our heirs and successors will do after our life,
- Blickl. Homl. 51, 35 .
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Ða ðe God bletsiaþ beóþ eorþan yrfeweardas
benedicentes eum possidebunt terram,
- Ps. Th. 36, 21.
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Geréfa mín mynteþ ðæt mé æfter síe eaforan síne yrfeweardas
my steward supposes that after me his children shall be heirs,
- Cd. 100 ;
- Th. 131, 29 ;
- Gen. 2183 .
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Hwæðer freá wille ǽnigne ðé yrfewearda on woruld lǽtan,
- 101 ;
- Th. 134, 26 ;
- Gen. 2230 .
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Ða sylfan wilniaþ him tó yrfeweardum tó habbanne
ipsos habere heredes quærunt,
- Bd. 1, 27 ;
- S. 490, 18 .
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Ic landes sumne dǽl sumum wífe hiere dæg forgæaf and æfter hiere dæge twám yrfeweardum
I granted a certain portion of land to a certain woman for her life, and after her death to be held for two other lives,
- Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 5, 10. See i. xxxiv. .
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Forlét hé ðæs hwílenlecan ríces yrfeweardas his suna þrý
tres suos filios regni temporalis heredes reliquit,
- Bd. 2, 5 ;
- S. 507, 8 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “irfe-weard.” 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/20770.
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