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irfe-weard

  • noun [ masculine ]
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irfe-weard, es; m.
The guardian of an inheritance, an heir, possessor of a property
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  • Hér ys se yrfeweard [erfuard, Lind : erfeword, Rush.]

    hic est heres,

    • Lk. Skt. 20, 14
      • .

  • Ðǽr mé gifeðe ǽnig yrfeweard æfter wurde

    if any heir to follow me had been granted me,

    • Beo. Th. 5455
      • ;
    • B. 2731
      • :
    • Cd. 83
      • ;
    • Th. 103, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 1727
      • .

  • Óðres ne gýmeþ tó gebídanne yrfeweardas

    cares not to await another heir,

    • Beo. Th. 4897
      • ;
    • B. 2453.

  • Wæs swá mycel mancwealm ðæt manige land binnan ðære byrig wǽran bútan ǽlcum yrfewearde

    there was so great a pestilence that many lands within the city were without any to inherit them,

    • Ors. 5, 2
      • ;
    • Bos. 102, 13.

  • Ús is swíðe uncúþ hwæt úre yrfeweardas and lástweardas dón willon æfter úrum lífe

    we are very ignorant of what our heirs and successors will do after our life,

    • Blickl. Homl. 51, 35
      • .

  • Ða ðe God bletsiaþ beóþ eorþan yrfeweardas

    benedicentes eum possidebunt terram,

    • Ps. Th. 36, 21.

  • Geréfa mín mynteþ ðæt mé æfter síe eaforan síne yrfeweardas

    my steward supposes that after me his children shall be heirs,

    • Cd. 100
      • ;
    • Th. 131, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 2183
      • .

  • Hwæðer freá wille ǽnigne ðé yrfewearda on woruld lǽtan,

    • 101
      • ;
    • Th. 134, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 2230
      • .

  • Ða sylfan wilniaþ him tó yrfeweardum tó habbanne

    ipsos habere heredes quærunt,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 490, 18
      • .

  • Ic landes sumne dǽl sumum wífe hiere dæg forgæaf and æfter hiere dæge twám yrfeweardum

    I granted a certain portion of land to a certain woman for her life, and after her death to be held for two other lives,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 5, 10. See i. xxxiv.
      • .

  • Forlét hé ðæs hwílenlecan ríces yrfeweardas his suna þrý

    tres suos filios regni temporalis heredes reliquit,

    • Bd. 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 507, 8
      • .
Etymology
[
Gen. and Ex. er(f)ward
:
O. Sax. erƀi-ward
:
Icel. (poët.) arf-vörðr an heir.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “irfe-weard.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20770.

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