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eorþ-líc

  • adjective
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eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.
EARTHLY, terrestrial; terrēnus, terrestris
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  • He wæs eorþlíc cing

    he was an earthly king.

    • Chr. 979
      • ;
    • Erl. 129,
      • 9.

  • Hí eorþlíces áuht ne haldeþ

    nothing earthly holds them,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20,
      • 331;
    • Met. 20,
      • 166.

  • Ða twelf bócland him gefreóde eorþlíces camphádes and eorþlícere hérenysse to bigongenne ðone heofonlícan camphád

    dō;nātis duodĕcim possessiuncŭlis terrārum, in quĭbus ablāto stūdio mīlĭtiæ terrestris, ad exercendam mīlĭtiam cælestem,

    • Bd. 3,
      • 24;
    • S. 556,
      • 41.

  • Ðú meahte ǽlc eorþlíc þing forsión

    thou mayest look down upon every earthly thing,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 24,
      • 13 ;
    • Met. 24,
      • 7.

  • Hine nolden his eorþlícan mágas wrecan

    his earthly kinsmen would not avenge him.

    • Chr. 979
      • ;
    • Erl. 129, 11,
      • 15.

  • Gif ic eów eorþlice þing sǽde

    si terrēna dixi vobis,

    • Jn. Bos. 3,
      • 12.

  • Hió ðǽs lǽnan lufaþ eorþlícu þing

    she loves these transitory earthly things.

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20,
      • 447 ;
    • Met. 20,
      • 224.

  • Ðú gegæderast ða hiofonlícan sáwla and ða eorþlícan líchoman

    thou bringest together the heavenly souls and the earthly bodies,

    • Bt. 33,
      • 4 ;
    • Fox 132,
      • 23.

  • He forsihþ ðás eorþlícan gód

    he despises these earthly goods,

    • 12
      • ;
    • Fox 36, 25: 33,
      • 4;
    • Fox 132, 14,
      • 18.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eorþ-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/9601.

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