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of-spring

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
of-spring, es; m.
Offspring, progeny, posterity, descendants
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  • Of-spring

    styrps,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 58 ; Som. 13, 36.
  • Ofsprincg

    progenies,

    12 ;
      Som. 15, 53.
  • Eall heora ofspring ðe him of com,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, II.
    Eall heora ofsprinc boren and unboren, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 263, 29.
  • Gif his sunu and sunu-sunu swá micel landes habban, siððan biþ se ofsprinc (cf. hiora æftergengas, 24) gesíðcundes cynnes,

      L. Wg. II ; Th. i. 188, II.
  • Ic sette feóndrǽdene betweox ðínum ofspringe and hire ofspringe

      , Gen. 3, 15.
  • Ðínum ofspringe

    (semini tuo)

    ic forgife ðis land,
      12, 7 : 13, 15.
  • Ic dó ðínne ofspring swá menigfealdne swá ðære eorþan dust,

      13, 16.
  • Hí gesworen habbaþ ge for hý sylfe ge for heora ofspryng (gingran,

      MS. B. ), L. A. G. tit. ; Th. i. 152, 17.
  • Ðis sý gedón for Síferþ and for his ofsprincg tó hyra sáwle þearfe,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 300, 15
Etymology
[Icel. af-springr.]
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  • of-spring, n.