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or-þanc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
or-þanc, es; m. n.
Wright's OE grammar
§10; §111; §580;
Original, inborn thought.
mind, genius, wit, understanding; ingenium
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  • Orþanc ingenium, cræftica artifex,

    • Wrt. Voc.i. 47, 8-9
      • .

  • Líflíces orþa[nces]

    vivacis ingenii,

    • Hpt. Gl. 407, 40-43
      • .

  • Hé genam þurh heora láre on his orþance ða egeslícan dǽda,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 21
      • .

  • Nú wolde ic ðæt ða æðela[n] clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orþance ǽlce sleacnysse,

    • Anglia viii. 301, 4
      • .

  • Gif ðonne [man] mid orþonce (skilfully) ðisses þinges fundian wille,

    • Lchdm. i. 100, 6
      • .

  • Yfele orþance

    malo ingenio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 8
      • .

  • Orþancas

    ingenia,

    • Germ. 397, 423
      • .

  • Orþancum

    ingeniis,

    • Wülck. Gl. 250, 5
      • .
a skilful contrivance or work, artifice, device, design
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  • Orþanc molimen (cf. searo molimen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 29),

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12
      • ;
    • Som. 9, 32
      • .

  • His ofermédu is fruma úres forlores and se orþonc (argumentum, cf. searwe argumenta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 69) ðe wé mid áliésde siendon is Godes eáðmódnes

    ,
    • Past. 41, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 301, 9
      • .

  • Mid orþance

    argumento,

    • Hpt. Gl. 439, 3
      • :
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 12
      • .

  • Orþonce, gleáwnysse

    argumento,

    • 2, 11
      • .

  • Hwá is ðæt ðe cunne orþonc clǽne ( the creation ) nymðe éce God ?

    • Cd. Th. 266, 6
      • ;
    • Sat. 18
      • .

  • Orþancas

    argumenta, commenta,

    • Hpt. Gl. 479, 68
      • .

  • Orþanc

    commenta, i. machinamenta, excogitata, astutia, argumenta, machinationes, ficta, fraudes,

    sarwa

    dicta, mendacia,

    • Wülck. Gl. 206, 42-46
      • .

  • Orþonc

    machinamenta.

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 74
      • .

  • Orþoncum, searwum

    commentis,

    • 14, 82
      • .

  • Orþancum machinamentis.

    argumentis

    ,
    • Hpt. Gl. 477, 9 : 486, 19
      • .

  • Stán in goldfate smiþa orþoncum biseted,

    • Exon. Th. 219, 8
      • ;
    • Ph. 304: Beo. Th. 817
      • ;
    • B. 406
      • .

  • Ealle ða orþancas tóslíteþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 145
      • ;
    • Sal. 72
      • .
Orþoncum
skilfully, cunningly, ingeniously, with art
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  • Orþanc[um?]

    subtiliter, sagaciter,

    • Hpt. Gl. 407, 21
      • .

  • Is se sweora orþancum geworht

    (

    cunningly wrought

    ),
    • Exon. Th. 483, 15
      • ;
    • Rá. 69, 3: Beo. Th. 4180
      • ;
    • B. 2087
      • .

  • Ðæt orþancum ealde reccaþ,

    • Cd. Th. 200, 19
      • ;
    • Exod. 359
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. ur-dank argumentum, commentum.
]
Linked entries
v.  þanc on-þanc.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “or-þanc.” 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/24987.

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