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on-timber

  • noun [ neuter ]
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on-timber, es; n.
material
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  • Ðæt óðer antimber

    materia,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 42.
  • Ðæt antimber ðe hé of gesceóp gesceafta,

      Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 22.
  • Nis hit nán wúndor ðeáh mon swilc ontimber gewirce,

      Shrn. 164, 1.
metaph.
reason, occasion; materia
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  • Swilce him gerýmed sý and antimber geseald, ðæt hé God bereáfige,

      Lchdm, iii. 444, 1.
  • For ðisum antimbre ic gedyrstlǽhte ðæt ic ðás gesetnysse undergann,

      Homl. Th. i. 2, 26.
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