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ór

  • noun
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Wright's OE grammar
§580; §639; §646;
beginning, origin
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  • Ór ł fruma

    initium,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 8
      • .

  • Dæges ór onwóc geleáfan

    the day-spring of belief awoke, Apstls.

    • Kmbl. 130
      • ;
    • Ap. 65
      • .

  • Næs him fruma ǽfre ór geworden,

    • Cd. Th. l, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 6
      • .

  • Ðǽr wæs yfles ór,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2763
      • ;
    • An. 1384
      • .

  • On ðæm wæs ór writen fyrngewinnes,

    • Beo. Th. 3381
      • ;
    • B. 1688
      • .

  • Or and ende,

    • Exon. Th. 492, 6
      • ;
    • Rü. 81, 10
      • .

  • Cwealmes on óre at the beginning of the destruction,

    • Cd. Th. 153, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 2547
      • .

  • Gif ðú his ne meaht ór áreccan

    if you cannot tell even the beginning of your dream,

    • 224, 9
      • ;
    • Dan. 133
      • .

  • Secgan ór and ende

    to tell from first to last.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1297
      • ;
    • An. 649
      • .

  • Ic ðé yfla gehwylces ór gecýðe óþ ende forþ,

    • Exon. Th. 263, 21
      • ;
    • Jul. 353
      • .

  • Sué hé wundra gihuaes ór ástelidæ (cf. ord onstealde,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 597, 21
    )

    quomodo ille omnium miraculorum auctor exstitit,

    • Txts. 149, 4
      • .

  • Orleges ór onstellan,

    • Beo. Th. 4806
      • ;
    • B. 2407: Exon. Th. 386, 10
      • ;
    • Rü. 4, 59
      • .

  • Ne can ic Abeles ór ne fóre hleómǽges síð

    I know not Abel's life from its beginning or its later course,

    • Cd. Th. 61, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 1006
      • .
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  • Wæs on óre heard handplega,

    • 198, 22
      • ;
    • Exod. 326: Beo. Th. 2087
      • ;
    • B. 1041
      • .

  • Heriges on óre,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2213
      • ;
    • An. 1108
      • .
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Cf. ord.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ór.” 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/24882.

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