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wlanc, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §263; §426;
proud, high-spirited, bold.
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v. wlencu
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  • Wlanc Wedera leód,

      Beowulf, Beo. Th. 687: B. 341.

  • Wlonc hæleþ,

    • 668
      • ;
    • B. 331.

  • Wæterþisa wlonc,

      Exon. Th. 363 7; Wal. 50.

  • Ðǽr wlanc manig on stæðe stódon,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 461
      • ;
    • El. 231.

  • Duguþ eal gecrong wlonc,

    • Exon. Th. 291, 10
      • ;
    • Wand. 80.

  • Hé hæfde Higeláces hilde gefrunen, wlonces wígcræft,

    • Beo. Th. 5898
      • ;
    • B. 2953.

  • Wlance þegenas, unearge men,

    • Byrht. Th. 137, 53
      • ;
    • By. 205
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 188, 19
      • ;
    • Exod. 170.

  • Wlance wígsmiðas, eorlas árhwate,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 115, 21.

  • Men módum wlonce,

    • Exon. Th. 325, 4
      • ;
    • Víd. 106.

  • Hé in healle wæs wended wloncra folmum,

    • 441, 17
      • ;
    • Rä. 60, 19.

  • Plega wlancum, ðǽr wigan sittaþ,

    • Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 5
      • ;
    • Rún. 14.
Grammar
wlanc, applied to animals
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  • On wlancan ðam wicge

    • Byrht. Th. 138, 54
      • ;
    • By. 240
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 489, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 78, 7.

  • Sum sceal wildne fugel wloncne átemian, hafoc on honda,

    • 332, 15
      • ;
    • Vy. 85.
in an unfavourable sense, proud, bold, arrogant, haughty, insolent.
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  • Hé (a dog) leánaþ grimme ðe hine wloncne weorþan lǽteþ,

    • Exon. Th. 434, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 51, 10.

  • Ða wlanca[n] scamléstan

    frontosam (elationis) impudentiam,

      Hpt. Gl. 526, 5.

  • Tó manege weorðaþ tó wlance and ealles tó rance and tó gylpgeorne

    erunt homines elati, superbi

      (2 Tim. 3, 1),

    • Wulfst. 81, 15
      • :
    • L. I. P. 14
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 322, 12.

  • Ne wlance (elati) synd eágan míne,

      Ps. Spl. 130, 1.

  • Wlancra (wancla, MS.) manna

    protervorum,

      Hpt. Gl. 526, 70.

  • Óð ðæt wlance (the Egyptians) forsceáf mihtig engel,

    • Cd. Th. 190, 25
      • ;
    • Exod. 204.
proud, elate, exultant
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  • Se ðe áh lífes wyn, wlonc and wíngál,

    • Exon. Th. 307, 25
      • ;
    • Seef. 29: 478, 2
      • ;
    • Ruin. 35.

  • Hé mid gáre stang wlancne wícing, ðe him ða wunde forgeaf,

      Byrht. Th. 135, 56.
splendid, great, high, august, magnificent, rich.
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  • Welig ł wlonc

    diues,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 21
      • :
    • 16, 22.

  • Wlonc dives . . . ðe wlonca

    divitem,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 23, 24.

  • Summ monn wlong

    quidam homo dives,

      27, 57.

  • Ðú, weliga, ðínne Drihten ne lufadest . . . Hwæt, wéndest ðú, wlanca, gif ðú mé sealdest ówiht ðínes, ðæt ðé ðonne wǽre ðín woruldgestreón gelytlad?

      Wulfst. 260, 18.

  • Wereda Wuldorgifa, wlanc and éce

    God great and eternal,

      Hy. 10, 48.

  • Se wlonca dæg

    the great and terrible day of the Lord,

    • Exon. Th. 448, 7
      • ;
    • Dóm. 50.

  • Monnes wloncas (wlonches,

      Rush.
    ) lond

    hominis diuitis ager,

      Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 16.

  • Of beád ðæs wlonces

    de mensa diuitis,

      16, 21.

  • Se Hǽlend cwæð tó ðam wlancan: 'For hwí wǽre ðú swá fæsthafol mínra góda, ðe ic ðé sealde?'

      Wulfst. 258, 12.

  • Ðam wlancan

    to the great king (Nebuchadnezzar),

    • Cd. Th. 221, 30
      • ;
    • Dan. 96.

  • Ða ðe heora yldran on worolde ne wurdan welige ne wlance þurh woroldglænge

    those whose forefathers were not wealthy or great through worldly splendour,

    • L. Eth. vii. 21
      • ;
    • Th. i. 334, 3
      • :
    • Wald. 116
      • ;
    • Vald. 2, 30.

  • Ealle gelíce on woruld cumaþ, wlance and heáne (high and low),

      Met. 17, 6.

  • Wlance

    the grandees of Egypt,

    • Cd. Th. 109, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1825.

  • Wloncra wín*-*sele,

    • 270, 21
      • ;
    • Sat. 94.

  • Hé feorgbona weorþeþ wloncum and heánum,

    • Exon. Th. 362, 27
      • ;
    • Wal. 43.

  • Ic lǽrde wlance men and heáhgeþungene ðæt hié ne ástigan on ofermédu, ne welena tó wel ne trúwodon,

      Blickl. Homl. 185, 13.
where the circumstance, in which the splendour, etc., consists, is given
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  • Fugel feþrum wlonc

    the bird splendid of plumage,

    • Exon. Th. 204, 19
      • ;
    • Ph. 100.

  • Draca on hlǽwe frætwum wlanc,

    • Menol. Fox 513
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 27.

  • Wǽre ðú wiste wlonc and wínes sæd

    thou wast sumptuous in food, sated with wine,

    • Exon. Th. 369, 10
      • ;
    • Seel. 39.

  • Ǽse wlanc (abundantly provided ), fylle gefrægnod,

    • Beo. Th. 2668
      • ;
    • B. 1332.

  • Máðmǽhta wlonc

    rich in treasures,

    • 5659
      • ;
    • B. 2833.

  • Weras duguðum wlance Drihtne guldon gód mid gnyrne,

    • Cd. Th. 146, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 2419.

  • [He wes prud and wlonc,

      O. E. Homl. i. 35, 16.

  • Neuer upen eorþe to wlonk þu ny uurþe,

      Misc. 112, 184.

  • Godelike on horse, wlanc on werge, and unwurþ on wike,

      121, 315.

  • Þat child (Christ) þat is so milde and wlong,

      197, 11.

  • Ȝe beoð toswollen wið wind of wlonke wordes,

      Kath. 842.

  • My wodbynde so wlonk þat wered my heued,

      Allit. Pms. 106, 486.

  • Al my weole wlonke,

      P. S. 156, 17.

  • Sumeres tide is al to wlonc,

      O. and N. 489.

  • Asked Crist, quethir thai yed to se sain Ion in wlanke wede,

      Met. Homl. 42, 2.

  • Þe wlonkest wedes,

      Gaw. 2025.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. wlank.
]
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v. fela-, gold-, hyge-, mod-, symbel-wlanc.
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v.  wlencu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wlanc.” 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/36334.

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