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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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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “of-spring.” 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/24364.

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