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of-settan

  • verb
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to beset, press hard, oppress
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  • Hé hig ofsette and geswenct

    he oppressed and afflicted them

    ; servierunt ei,
      Jud. 3, 8.

  • Fearras fǽtt ofsetton ł ymbsǽton (

    obsederunt

    ) mé,
      Ps. Lamb. 21, 13.

  • Feónd úrne ofsete (

    comprime

    ).
      Hymn. Surt. 11, 33.

  • Mid untrumnesse oððe bysegum ofset,

      R. Ben. 58, 15: 59, 3.

  • Mid weorces geswince ofsette,

      63, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8.

  • Se ðe on wræcsít gesihþ mid micelum gyltumheom ofsett getâ cnaþ

    if a man dreams of being in exile, it betokens that Tie will be weighed down with great crimes,

      Lchdm. iii. 212, 23.

  • Swéte etan on manegum leahtrum biþ ofsett hit getácnaþ

    to dream of eating sweets betokens a man will be sunk in many faults,

      202, 25.

  • Ofsettum

    obsessis,

      Wülck. Gl. 251, 5. v. next word.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-settan.” 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/24356.

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