Noun: weorold
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | weorold |
| Plural | weorolde; weorolda |
Genitive
| Singular | weorolde |
| Plural | weorolda |
Dative
| Singular | weorolde |
| Plural | weoroldum |
Accusative
| Singular | weorold; weorolde |
| Plural | weorolde; weorolda |
Sample Sentences
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Tō sōþe God āna mæġ þisse weorolde āgan. (Only God may truly own this world.)
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Forþon iċ ġeþenċan ne mæġ · ġeond þās woruld
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for hwan mōdsefa(n) · mīn(ne) ġesweorce (Thus I cannot think over through this world
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why would (not) my heart darken) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
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For Gode and for weorolde. (In respect to Godly and worldly custom.)
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Tīde hwēol tyrnþ, and weorolda āgāþ. (The wheel of time turns, and ages come to pass.)
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Þā menn wunodon ealle heora weorolda on synne. (Those people lived in sin for their entire lives.)
Nouns inflected like weorold
hyllwyrt,
smeoruwyrt,
samwist,
clæferwyrt,
dopenid,
gumcyst,
hæselwyrt,
cyninges wyrt,
eagwyrt,
wealhwyrt,
efesung,
œfest,
æx,
dryht,
drift,
efest,
feord,
fierd,
meolc,
meluc, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
4. Proto-Germanic *weraz
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
6. Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
7. Proto-Germanic *alaną
8. Proto-Indo-European *-tis
9. Proto-Germanic *-þiz
10. Proto-Germanic *aldiz
11. Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
12. Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
13. Old English weorold
14. From Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, a compound of *weraz (“man”) + *aldiz (“age”).
Verbs referencing "weorold"
English Nouns
world, Middle English Nouns
world, Old Norse Nouns
verǫld.
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