"weorold" meaning in All languages combined

See weorold on Wiktionary

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ˈwe͜o.rold/, [ˈwe͜o.roɫd]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold From Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, a compound of *weraz (“man”) + *aldiz (“age”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*weraldi<id:world>|id=world|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*weraz", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "age", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "be nourishing", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂életi", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*alaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "abstract noun suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*aldiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*weraldiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*weraldi", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "weorold", "lang" : "ang" }" data-id="world" data-lang="ang" data-title="weorold" id="Old_English:_world">, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*weraldi}} Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*weraldiz}} Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, {{af|gem-pro|*weraz|*aldiz|nocat=1|t1=man|t2=age}} *weraz (“man”) + *aldiz (“age”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|f}} weorold f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-f|weorold}}, {{ang-decl-noun|weorold|weorolde,weorolda|weorold,weorolde|weorolde,weorolda|weorolde|weorolda|weorolde|weoroldum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], weorold [nominative, singular], weorolde [nominative, plural], weorolda [nominative, plural], weorold [accusative, singular], weorolde [accusative, singular], weorolde [accusative, plural], weorolda [accusative, plural], weorolde [genitive, singular], weorolda [genitive, plural], weorolde [dative, singular], weoroldum [dative, plural], weorld [alternative], weoruld [alternative], woruld [alternative], worold [alternative], world [alternative], wiorld [alternative], wyrold [alternative], wuruld [alternative], wiarald [alternative, Kentish]
  1. world Tags: feminine Synonyms (world): middanġeard
    Sense id: en-weorold-ang-noun-SG6kYiTR Disambiguation of 'world': 98 2 0 0 0 0 0
  2. existence, state of existence, worldly affairs (often of mundane or worldly things, as opposed to spiritual) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-weorold-ang-noun-pOrt5PsH
  3. temporal things or possessions Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-weorold-ang-noun-UW3ZHoYV
  4. men and things upon earth Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-weorold-ang-noun-658KwOcZ
  5. an age (period of time) Tags: feminine Synonyms (an age): ieldu
    Sense id: en-weorold-ang-noun-9ah1Xb4v Categories (other): Old English entries with etymology trees, Old English entries with etymon, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Old English entries with etymology trees: 2 10 6 9 50 8 16 Disambiguation of Old English entries with etymon: 2 11 6 9 51 5 16 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 1 10 4 9 55 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 12 2 4 68 1 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 11 2 9 64 1 12 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 2 11 5 9 54 7 12 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 1 12 5 9 60 2 12 Disambiguation of 'an age': 0 0 0 0 71 29 0
  6. a person's lifetime Tags: feminine Synonyms (a person's lifetime): līf
    Sense id: en-weorold-ang-noun-AysbRUbQ Disambiguation of "a person's lifetime": 0 0 0 0 8 91 0
  7. the course of human affairs Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-weorold-ang-noun-azjQt35w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: weoroldǣht, weoroldafol, weoroldār, weoroldbearn, weoroldcearu, weoroldrǣden

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weoroldǣht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weoroldafol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weoroldār"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weoroldbearn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weoroldcearu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "weoroldrǣden"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "world"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "warld"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "warld"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "warld"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "wardill"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "world"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "gmw-pro:*weraldi<id:world>",
        "id": "world",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?\nProto-Indo-European *wiHrós\nProto-Germanic *weraz\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂életi\nProto-Germanic *alaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Germanic *-þiz\nProto-Germanic *aldiz\nProto-Germanic *weraldiz\nProto-West Germanic *weraldi\nOld English weorold\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*weraz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"age\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"grow\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"be nourishing\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"grow\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂el-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂életi\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*alaną\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"abstract noun suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"action nouns\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tis\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-þiz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*aldiz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*weraldiz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*weraldi\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"weorold\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" }\" data-id=\"world\" data-lang=\"ang\" data-title=\"weorold\" id=\"Old_English:_world\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*weraldi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *weraldi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*weraldiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *weraldiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*weraz",
        "3": "*aldiz",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "man",
        "t2": "age"
      },
      "expansion": "*weraz (“man”) + *aldiz (“age”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?\nProto-Indo-European *wiHrós\nProto-Germanic *weraz\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂életi\nProto-Germanic *alaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Germanic *-þiz\nProto-Germanic *aldiz\nProto-Germanic *weraldiz\nProto-West Germanic *weraldi\nOld English weorold\nFrom Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, a compound of *weraz (“man”) + *aldiz (“age”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-i-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorold",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorold",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weoroldum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weoruld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woruld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worold",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "world",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiorld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wyrold",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wuruld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiarald",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kentish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "weorold f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weorold"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weorold",
        "2": "weorolde,weorolda",
        "3": "weorold,weorolde",
        "4": "weorolde,weorolda",
        "5": "weorolde",
        "6": "weorolda",
        "7": "weorolde",
        "8": "weoroldum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Only God may truly own this world.",
          "text": "Tō sōþe God āna mæġ þisse weorolde āgan.",
          "translation": "Only God may truly own this world.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Thus I cannot think over through this world\nwhy would (not) my heart darken",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Forþon iċ ġeþenċan ne mæġ · ġeond þās woruld\nfor hwan mōdsefa(n) · mīn(ne) ġesweorce",
          "translation": "Thus I cannot think over through this world\nwhy would (not) my heart darken",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "world"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorold-ang-noun-SG6kYiTR",
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0 0 0 0 0",
          "sense": "world",
          "word": "middanġeard"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "english": "In respect to Godly and worldly custom.",
          "literal_meaning": "For God and for world.",
          "text": "For Gode and for weorolde.",
          "translation": "In respect to Godly and worldly custom.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "existence, state of existence, worldly affairs (often of mundane or worldly things, as opposed to spiritual)"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorold-ang-noun-pOrt5PsH",
      "links": [
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ],
        [
          "mundane",
          "mundane"
        ],
        [
          "worldly",
          "worldly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "temporal things or possessions"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorold-ang-noun-UW3ZHoYV",
      "links": [
        [
          "temporal",
          "temporal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "men and things upon earth"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorold-ang-noun-658KwOcZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "men",
          "men"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 6 9 50 8 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 11 6 9 51 5 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 10 4 9 55 6 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 12 2 4 68 1 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 11 2 9 64 1 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 11 5 9 54 7 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 12 5 9 60 2 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The wheel of time turns, and ages come to pass.",
          "text": "Tīde hwēol tyrnþ, and weorolda āgāþ.",
          "translation": "The wheel of time turns, and ages come to pass.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an age (period of time)"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorold-ang-noun-9ah1Xb4v",
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 71 29 0",
          "sense": "an age",
          "word": "ieldu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Those people lived in sin for their entire lives.",
          "text": "Þā menn wunodon ealle heora weorolda on synne.",
          "translation": "Those people lived in sin for their entire lives.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a person's lifetime"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorold-ang-noun-AysbRUbQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 8 91 0",
          "sense": "a person's lifetime",
          "word": "līf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the course of human affairs"
      ],
      "id": "en-weorold-ang-noun-azjQt35w",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwe͜o.rold/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwe͜o.roɫd]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weorold"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with etymology trees",
    "Old English entries with etymon",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English feminine nouns",
    "Old English i-stem nouns",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyh₁-",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wiHrós",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "weoroldǣht"
    },
    {
      "word": "weoroldafol"
    },
    {
      "word": "weoroldār"
    },
    {
      "word": "weoroldbearn"
    },
    {
      "word": "weoroldcearu"
    },
    {
      "word": "weoroldrǣden"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "world"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "warld"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "warld"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "warld"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "wardill"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "world"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "gmw-pro:*weraldi<id:world>",
        "id": "world",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?\nProto-Indo-European *wiHrós\nProto-Germanic *weraz\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂életi\nProto-Germanic *alaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Germanic *-þiz\nProto-Germanic *aldiz\nProto-Germanic *weraldiz\nProto-West Germanic *weraldi\nOld English weorold\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*weraz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"age\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"grow\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"be nourishing\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"grow\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂el-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂életi\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*alaną\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"abstract noun suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"action nouns\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tis\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-þiz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*aldiz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*weraldiz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*weraldi\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"weorold\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" }\" data-id=\"world\" data-lang=\"ang\" data-title=\"weorold\" id=\"Old_English:_world\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*weraldi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *weraldi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*weraldiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *weraldiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*weraz",
        "3": "*aldiz",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "man",
        "t2": "age"
      },
      "expansion": "*weraz (“man”) + *aldiz (“age”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?\nProto-Indo-European *wiHrós\nProto-Germanic *weraz\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nProto-Indo-European *h₂életi\nProto-Germanic *alaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Germanic *-þiz\nProto-Germanic *aldiz\nProto-Germanic *weraldiz\nProto-West Germanic *weraldi\nOld English weorold\nFrom Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, a compound of *weraz (“man”) + *aldiz (“age”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-i-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorold",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorold",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorolde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weoroldum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weorld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weoruld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "woruld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worold",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "world",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiorld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wyrold",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wuruld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiarald",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Kentish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "weorold f",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weorold"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "weorold",
        "2": "weorolde,weorolda",
        "3": "weorold,weorolde",
        "4": "weorolde,weorolda",
        "5": "weorolde",
        "6": "weorolda",
        "7": "weorolde",
        "8": "weoroldum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Only God may truly own this world.",
          "text": "Tō sōþe God āna mæġ þisse weorolde āgan.",
          "translation": "Only God may truly own this world.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Thus I cannot think over through this world\nwhy would (not) my heart darken",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Forþon iċ ġeþenċan ne mæġ · ġeond þās woruld\nfor hwan mōdsefa(n) · mīn(ne) ġesweorce",
          "translation": "Thus I cannot think over through this world\nwhy would (not) my heart darken",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "world"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_literal_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "english": "In respect to Godly and worldly custom.",
          "literal_meaning": "For God and for world.",
          "text": "For Gode and for weorolde.",
          "translation": "In respect to Godly and worldly custom.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "existence, state of existence, worldly affairs (often of mundane or worldly things, as opposed to spiritual)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ],
        [
          "mundane",
          "mundane"
        ],
        [
          "worldly",
          "worldly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "temporal things or possessions"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "temporal",
          "temporal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "men and things upon earth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "men",
          "men"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The wheel of time turns, and ages come to pass.",
          "text": "Tīde hwēol tyrnþ, and weorolda āgāþ.",
          "translation": "The wheel of time turns, and ages come to pass.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an age (period of time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "age",
          "age"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              48
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Those people lived in sin for their entire lives.",
          "text": "Þā menn wunodon ealle heora weorolda on synne.",
          "translation": "Those people lived in sin for their entire lives.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a person's lifetime"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lifetime",
          "lifetime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the course of human affairs"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwe͜o.rold/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwe͜o.roɫd]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "world",
      "word": "middanġeard"
    },
    {
      "sense": "an age",
      "word": "ieldu"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a person's lifetime",
      "word": "līf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weorold"
}

Download raw JSONL data for weorold meaning in All languages combined (9.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.