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"ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
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26,
34
]
],
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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"
},
{
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38,
44
]
],
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[
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": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"world"
],
"links": [
[
"world",
"world"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
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26
]
],
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24,
29
],
[
24,
38
],
[
67,
72
]
],
"english": "In respect to Godly and worldly custom (literally \"For God and for world\").",
"text": "For Gode and for weorolde.",
"translation": "In respect to Godly and worldly custom (literally \"For God and for world\").",
"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": [
{
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22,
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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": [
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28,
36
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43,
48
]
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"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"
}
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