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weorold

Pronunciation: /ˈwe͜o.rold/

“weorold” is an Old English word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. world
  2. existence, state of existence, worldly affairs (often of mundane or worldly things, as opposed to spiritual)
  3. temporal things or possessions
  4. men and things upon earth
  5. an age (period of time)
  6. a person's lifetime
  7. the course of human affairs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, a compound of *weraz (“man”) + *aldiz (“age”).

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