open
- adjective
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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.
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Open wæs ðæt eorþærn (
the sepulchre).
- Exon. Th. 460, 18; Hö. 19.
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Ðín carcern open wé gemétton,
- Blickl. Homl. 239, 27.
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Gé geseóþ opene heofenas
(caelum apertum),
- Jn. Skt. 1, 51.
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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.
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Biþ oft open eádgum tðgeánes onhliden heofonríces duru. Exon. Th. 198,
- 16; Ph. 11.
- Hié gemétton ðæs carcernes duru opene. Blickl. Homl. 239, 24.
- Mid openum eágum gesión. Met. 20, 257.
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Ða openan dolg, Exon. Th. 68, 24; Cri. 1108 : Rood Kmbl. 93; Kr. 47 II.
not covered, not protected
:-- Seó cirice is ufan open and noferhréfed,- Blickl. Homl. 125, 26, 30.
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Open burh urbs patens, Kent.
Gl.
975. -
III. declared, public :-- 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. IV. not secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired) :-- Hwanon ys ðis word open geworden
(palam Jactitm),
- Ex. 2, 14.
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Ne déþ nán man nán þing on díglum ac sécþ ðæt hit open sý
(in palam esse),
- Jn. Skt. 7, 4.
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Ðæt móte beón open and onwrigen hwæt hé sý,
- Blickl. Homl. 185, 4.
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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.
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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.
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Æt openre þýfþe
in case of discovered, theft,
- 26; Th. i. 392, 3.
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Opene weorðaþ monna dǽde
the deeds of men shall be brought to light (at the last day),
- Exon. Th. 64, 32; Cri. 1046.
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V. without attempt at concealment :-- Antonius him
(Octavianus)
onbeád gewin and openne feóndscipe,- Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 146, l.
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On ða openan tíd
the last day when nothing is concealed,
- Exon. Th. 96, 9; Cri. 1571.
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VI. manifest, clear, plain, evident :-- 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.
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Se ðe unwíslíce leofaþ biþ open sott, ðeáh him swá ne þince,
- Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132.
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Is seó wyrd mid eów open orgete,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1517; An. 760.
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Ðá ágann Landfranc atýwian mid openum gesceáde (
with manifest reason),
ðæt hé mid rihte crafede ðás ða hé crafede,- Chr. 1070; Erl. 208, 17.
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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