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ór

  • noun
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Wright's OE grammar
§580; §639; §646;
beginning, origin
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  • Ór ł fruma

    initium,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 8.

  • Dæges ór onwóc geleáfan

    the day-spring of belief awoke, Apstls.

      Kmbl. 130; Ap. 65.

  • Næs him fruma ǽfre ór geworden,

      Cd. Th. l, 11; Gen. 6.

  • Ðǽr wæs yfles ór,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2763; An. 1384.

  • On ðæm wæs ór writen fyrngewinnes,

      Beo. Th. 3381 ; B. 1688.

  • Or and ende,

      Exon. Th. 492, 6; Rü. 81, 10.

  • Cwealmes on óre at the beginning of the destruction, Cd. Th. 153, 32 ;

    Gen.

    2547.

  • Gif ðú his ne meaht ór áreccan

    if you cannot tell even the beginning of your dream,

      224, 9 ; Dan. 133.

  • Secgan ór and ende

    ło tell from first to last.

      Andr. Kmbl. 1297 ; An. 649.

  • Ic ðé yfla gehwylces ór gecýðe óþ ende forþ,

      Exon. Th. 263, 21; Jul. 353.

  • Sué hé wundra gihuaes ór ástelidæ (cf. ord onstealde, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 21)

    quomodo ille omnium miraculorum auctor exstitit,

      Txts. 149, 4.

  • Orleges ór onstellan, Beo. Th. 4806; B. 2407: Exon. Th. 386, 10;

    Rü.

      4, 59.

  • Ne can ic Abeles ór ne fóre hleómǽges síð

    I know not Abel's life from its beginning or its later course,

      Cd. Th. 61, 33; Gen. 1006.
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  • Wæs on óre heard handplega,

      198, 22; Exod. 326: Beo. Th. 2087; B. 1041.

  • Heriges on óre,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2213 ; An. 1108.
  • Cf. ord.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ór.” 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/24882.

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