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weorold-geriht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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weorold-geriht, es; n.
A secular or civil right
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  • Woruldgerihta ic wille ðæt standan on ǽlcum leódscipe swá góde swá hý mon on betste áredian mæge . . . And ic wille ðæt woruldgerihta mid Denum standan be swá gódum lagum swá hý betst geceósan mægen,

      L. Edg. S. 2; Th. i. 272, 23-31.
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  • weorold-geriht, n.