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weorold-riht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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weorold-riht, es; n.
right in worldly matters, civil or
secular law
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  • Wylle wé ǽrest, ðæt Godes riht forð gá and woruldriht syððan,

      Wulfst. 274, 20.
  • Beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht,

      L. Edg. ii. 5; Th. i. 268, 5.
the law that should govern the world
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  • Dryhten sceáwaþ hwǽr ða eardien ðe his ǽ healden; gesihð hé ða dómas wonian and wendan of woruldryhte, ða hé gesette,

      Exon. Th. 105, 25 ; Gú. 28.
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  • weorold-riht, n.