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oþþe

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Wright's OE grammar
§301; §560;
add: a particle co-ordinating words, phrases, or clauses,
between which there is an alternative,
words
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  • Feorran oððe neán,

      Gen. 1047.

  • Ǽr oððe síþ,

      Cri. 1053.
phrases
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  • Wís on gewitte oððe on wordcwidum,

      Crä. 13.
clauses
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  • Þonne þæt mód ymbe hwæt tweónode, oðþe hit hwæs wilnode tó witanne,

      Solil. H. 2, 22.

  • Hú mæg ic ládigan láðan sprǽce oððe andsware ǽnige findan ?,

      Cri. 184.

  • Oðþo,

      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 74, 14.
where an alternative is not expressed
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  • Hé wolde fandian hú longe þæt land norþryhte lǽge, oþþe hwæðer ǽnig mon benorðan þǽm wéstenne búde, Ors. 1, 1; S. 17, 8. ¶ introducing each question in a series where the subjects are not alternative, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 76, 1-20. I b.

    used after

    hwæþer :-- Hwæþer sceal geeácnad wíf fulwad beón, oððe æfter þon þe heó bearn cenneð?,
      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 75, 20.

  • Beseah Drihten . . . hwæðer his mihta andgyt ǽnig hæfde, oððe God wolde sécan, Ps. Th. 52, 3. II b.

    add

    :-- Eálá, wǽre hé áuðer oððe hát, oððe ceald, Past. 445, 36.
after a primary statement, appending a secondary alternative or consequence of setting aside the primary statement
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  • Hé áxode hig hwæðer hire fæder wǽre hál . . . oððe hwæðer hé lifode

    interrogavit eos dicens, 'Salvusne est pater vester. . . ? adhuc vivit ?

    ,
      Gen. 43, 27.
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v.  of-þe.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “oþþe.” 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/56833.

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