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molde

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
molde, an;
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §404; §562;
f,
mould, dust, sand, earth
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  • Molde

    sabulum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 24:

    sablo,

    • ii. 119, 39: 89, 36.
  • Of ðære moldan (

    pulvere)

    ðæs flóres monige untrume men gehǽlede wǽron. Ond heó bæd ðæt hyre man sumne dǽl ðære hálwendan moldan

    (pulveris )

    sealde,

    • Bd. 3, 11
    • ;
    • S. 536, 5-8: 3, 10
    • ;
    • S. 534, 23, 29
    • .
  • Ða ðe for hund wintrum mid eorþan moldan (

    pulvere terras

    )

    bewrogene wǽron,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 66
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 226, 23.
  • Ðonne hit (

    cadaver

    )

    biþ on ða byrgenne set, ðonne wyrpeþ man moldan ofer hit,

    • L. Ecg. C. 36
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 162, 3.
  • His þegnas mid moldan hit (a cross) gefæstnedon

    adgesto a militibus pulvere, terrae figeretur,

    • Bd. 3, 2
    • ;
    • S. 524, 19.
  • Be moldan ða ðe on ðære stówe genumene wǽron,

    • 3, 9
    • ;
    • S. 533, 27.
ground, earth, land
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  • Molde vel land

    humus, rus, arvum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 61:

    humus,

    • 70, 12: Ælfc. Gr. 8
    • ;
    • Som. 7, 53.
  • Of ðære moldan tyrf

    from the grass of the ground,

    • Exon. 56 b
    • ;
    • Th. 202, 8
    • ;
    • Ph. 66.
  • God forþ áteáh of ðære moldan (

    de humo

    )

    ǽlces cynnes treów,

    • Gen. 2, 9.
  • Þeóda wealdend árás of moldan (

    rose from the grave

    ),
    • Hy. 10, 34
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 34: Exon. 120 a
    • ;
    • Th. 460, 24
    • ;
    • Hö. 22.
  • Ðonne of ðisse moldan men onwecniaþ, deáde of duste árísaþ,

    • Cd. 227
    • ;
    • Th. 302, 22
    • ;
    • Sat. 604.
  • Ða moldan ðe meolce and hunige fléwþ

    humum lacte et melle fluentem,

    • Num. 14, 8.
  • Mearh moldan træd

    the steed trod the ground,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 109
    • ;
    • El. 55.
earth (the dwelling place of men)
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  • Ne mihte ða on moldan man geríman

    no man on earth might number them,

    • Ps. Th. 104, 30: 127, 5: Cd. 202
    • ;
    • Th. 251, 21
    • ;
    • Dan. 567: Exon. 99 a
    • ;
    • Th. 371, 13
    • ;
    • Seel. 75.
  • Of moldan on ða mǽran gesceaft

    from earth to heaven,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 561
    • ;
    • Met. 20, 281.
  • Men ofer moldan

    men upon earth,

    • Rood Kmbl. 23
    • ;
    • Kr. 12: Hy. 3, 12
    • ;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 12: Exon. 50 b
    • ;
    • Th. 176, 2
    • ;
    • Gú. 1203.
  • Meotud ða moldan gesette,

    • 56a
    • ;
    • Th. 198, 15
    • ;
    • Ph. 10.
Etymology
[
Goth. mulda dust
:
Icel. mold mould, earth
:
O. H. Ger. molta pulvis, humus, solum, terra.
]
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v. græs-molde.
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