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† world-riche Obs.
Also 4 worldesriche.
[OE. woruldríce: see world n. and riche n.]
‘The kingdom of the world’, the world.
c897ælfred Gregory's Past. C. iv. 38 Þa he hine asced of ðæm worldrice. c1200Ormin 11800 Þurrh þatt te laþe gast himm bæd All weorelldrichess ahhte. c1205Lay. 17182 Swa wid swa is weorlde-riche nis nan weorc his iliche. 1390Gower Conf. I. 366 To seche in al this worldesriche, Men schal noght finde upon his liche. Ibid. II. 130, I hadde hir levere than a Myn Of Gold; for al this worldesriche Ne mihte make me so riche As sche. |