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  • adjective
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open, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §291; §430; §639;
Open.
not shut,
allowing ingress or egress
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  • Heofen biþ open on sumum ende . . . and mycel mægen forþ cymeþ þurh ðone openan dǽl.

    • Blickl. Homl. 93, l.
      • Open scræf.
    • Cd. Th. 212, 10
      • ;
    • Exod. 537
      • .

  • Open wæs ðæt eorþærn (

    the sepulchre).
    • Exon. Th. 460, 18
      • ;
    • Hö. 19
      • .

  • Ðín carcern open wé gemétton,

    • Blickl. Homl. 239, 27
      • .

  • Gé geseóþ opene heofenas

    (

    caelum apertum

    ),
    • Jn. Skt. 1, 51
      • .
of a door
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  • Ðonne andydan hié ða duru ðe on ða healfe open wæs ( the door that opened on that side). . . and mið ðæm ðe hié ðara dura hwelce opene gesáwon.

    • Ors. 3, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 106, 14-16
      • .

  • Biþ oft open eádgum tðgeánes onhliden heofonríces duru.

    • Exon. Th. 198, 16
      • ;
    • Ph. 11
      • .

  • Hié gemétton ðæs carcernes duru opene.

    • Blickl. Homl. 239, 24
      • .
of the eyes
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  • Mid openum eágum gesión.

    • Met. 20, 257
      • .
of wounds,
not closed up
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  • Ða openan dolg,

    • Exon. Th. 68, 24
      • ;
    • Cri. 1108 : Rood Kmbl. 93
      • ;
    • Kr. 47
      • .
not covered, not protected
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  • Seó cirice is ufan open and noferhréfed,

    • Blickl. Homl. 125, 26, 30
      • .

  • Open burh urbs patens,

    • Kent. Gl. 975
      • .
declared, public
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  • Ða béc (of the Old Testament) synd gehátene seó ealde gecýðnyss and seó ealde ǽ, ðæt is, open lagu ðe God gesette Israhéla folce.

    • Hexam. l
      • ;
    • Norm. 2, 19
      • .
not secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired)
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  • Hwanon ys ðis word open geworden

    (palam Jactitm),

    • Ex. 2, 14
      • .

  • Ne déþ nán man nán þing on díglum ac sécþ ðæt hit open sý

    (

    in palam esse

    ),
    • Jn. Skt. 7, 4
      • .

  • Ðæt móte beón open and onwrigen hwæt hé sý,

    • Blickl. Homl. 185, 4
      • .

  • Se ðe mánaþ swerige and hit him on open wurðe

    he that commits perjury, and the crime is clearly proved against him,

    • L. Ath. i. 25
      • ;
    • Th. i. 212, 18
      • .

  • Gif open morþ weorðe ágife man mágum ðone banan

    if in a case of murder the murderer be discovered, let him be given up to the kinsmen of the murdered man,

    • L. C. S. 57
      • ;
    • Th. i. 406, 25
      • .

  • Æt openre þýfþe

    in case of discovered, theft,

    • 26
      • ;
    • Th. i. 392, 3
      • .

  • Opene weorðaþ monna dǽde

    the deeds of men shall be brought to light (at the last day),

    • Exon. Th. 64, 32
      • ;
    • Cri. 1046
      • .
without attempt at concealment
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  • Antonius him (Octavianus) onbeád gewin and openne feóndscipe,

    • Ors. 5, 13
      • ;
    • Swt. 146, l
      • .

  • Blisse on openum,

    • Lchdm. iii. 200, 8
      • .

  • On ða openan tíd

    the last day when nothing is concealed,

    • Exon. Th. 96, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 1571
      • .
manifest, clear, plain, evident
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  • Ðá cwæþ hé : 'Genóg sweotol ðæt is ðætte for ðý sint góde men góde ðe hí gód gemétaþ' Ðá cwæþ ic : ' Genóg open hit is '

    certum est, adeptione boni, bonos fieri. Certum,

    • Bt. 36, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 176, 29
      • .

  • Se ðe unwíslíce leofaþ biþ open sott, ðeáh him swá ne þince,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132
      • .

  • Is seó wyrd mid eów open orgete,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1517
      • ;
    • An. 760
      • .

  • Ðá ágann Landfranc atýwian mid openum gesceáde ( with manifest reason), ðæt hé mid rihte crafede ðás ða hé crafede,

    • Chr. 1070
      • ;
    • Erl. 208, 17
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. opan
:
O. Frs. epen
:
Icel. opinn
:
O. H. Ger. offan
.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “open.” 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/24874.

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