Old English · proper noun
Iudea
- Part of speech
- proper noun
- IPA
- /ˈjuːˌdeː.ɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈjuː · ˌdeː · ɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- judea
Meaning
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Judea
Sōhton sāriġu tū siġebearn godes ǣnne in þæt eorðærn þǣr hī ǣr wiston þæt hine ġehȳddan hæleð Iudea; wēndan þæt hē on þām beorge bīdan sċeolde, āna in þǣre ēasterniht.
Two sorrowful women sought the God’s only victory-child in that earthen-home where, as they knew before, heroes of Judea hid him; thought that he should have lingered in that mound, alone in the Easter-eve.
10th century, The Descent into Hell:
Etymology
From Latin Iudaea.
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