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líf-wela

  • noun [ masculine ]
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líf-wela, an; m.
Riches that confer or possess life, heavenly riches, wealth belonging to this, or to the next, life
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  • Him wæs wuldres dreám, lífwela leófra ðonne ðás leásan godu,

    • Apstls. Kmbl. 97
    • ;
    • Ap. 49
    • .
  • Ða lífwelan, swáse swegldreámas,

    • Exon. 27 b
    • ;
    • Th. 82, 33
    • ;
    • Cri. 1348
    • .
  • Lífwelan

    the wealth of this world,

    • Cd. 174
    • ;
    • Th. 219, 17
    • ;
    • Dan. 56
    • .
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