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eorþ-ling

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-ling, es ; m.

A farmer ⬩ terræ cultor

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A farmer ; terræ cultor Eorþling birbicaliolus? Glos. Brux. Recd. 36, 50; Wrt. Voc. 63, 4; Mone A. 50

eorþ-ling

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Substitute for 'A farmer; terrae cultor' 'A bird, ' and add:

irþling

(n.)
Grammar
irþling, es; m.

a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo

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Geác cuculus, eorþling birbicaliolus, 63, 3-4. Yrþling berbigarulus vel tanticus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 60. Erdling bitorius, 102, 1. Erþling enistrius, 143, 57.

Linked entries: eorþ-ling ærþling

eorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

EARTHLY, terrestrial ⬩ terrēnus, terrestris

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EARTHLY, terrestrial; terrēnus, terrestris 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

eorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
eorþ-líce, adv.

In an earthly manner ⬩ terrŭlenter

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In an earthly manner; terrŭlenter Eorþlíce terrŭlenter, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 145, 20

eorþ-lic

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Add: Similar entries cf. eorþe, I, 3, 3a Seó culfre ne leofað be wyrmum, ac be eorðlicum wæstmum, Hml. Th. ii. 44, 26. Þá gewideru ealle eówre wæstmas and eorðlice tilþa gebétað, Wlfst. 132, 14. Gescóp se Ælmihtiga God sǽ and eorþan and ealle eorðlice

irþling

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Eorþlinc birbiacaliolus, Hpt. 33, 241, 56

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