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weorold-líc

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weorold-líc, adj.
worldly, earthly, temporal, mundane
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  • Náuht woruldlíces fæstes and unhwearfiendes beón ne mæg,

      Bt. 8; Fox 26, 11 note. Ne
    seó eorþe ǽnigre worldlícre frætwednesse onfón wolde, seoþþan hire ða hálgan fét úres Drihtnes on stódan, Blickl. Homl. 127, 3.

  • On woruldlícum wuldre scínende,

      Homl. Th. i. 62, 27.

  • Tó forsewennysse woruldlícra ǽhta,

      60, 25: Exon. Th. 126, 20; Gú. 374.

  • Hé sceolde woroldlícum wǽpnum onfón,

      Blickl. Homl. 213, l.
    Ðæt hwá woruld-líce spéda forhogige, Homl. Th. i. 60, 32.

  • Worldlíce tintrega,

      Blickl. Homl. 119, 19.

  • Ealle worldlícu þing,

      109, 3.

  • Gewilnian ða woruldlícan þingc,

      Boutr. Scrd. 22, 44.
natural, physical
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  • Nis ðeós woruldlíce niht nán þing búton ðære eorþan sceadu,

      Lchdm. iii. 240, 18.

  • For ðam ungewunan woruldlíces gesceádes,

      Boutr. Scrd. 18, 28.

  • Woruldlíce úðwitan

    natural philosophers,

      18, 25 : Lchdm. iii. 240, 20.
in contrast with religious or ecclesiastical,
worldly, secular, civil
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  • From woruldlícum luste hearte his giscilde

    a seculari desiderio cor ejus defendat,

      Rtl. 96, 11.

  • Neádian preóstas tó woruldlícum gecampe,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 834, 827.

  • Woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne,

      L. Eth. vi. 22 ; Th. i. 320, 12.

  • Woruldlícra,

      L. C. E. 15 ; Th. i. 368, 18.

  • Se ðe Gode sceal þeówigan ne sceal hé hyne ná ábysgian worldlícra bysgunga

    qui Deo vult servire, non debet occupari mundanis negotiis,

      L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 27.

  • Bót æt woroldlícan þingan,

      L. Eth. v. 20; Th. i. 308, 31.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. weralt-líh mundanus, secularis, carnalis, civilis.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weorold-líc.” 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/35242.

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