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orped

  • adjective
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orped, adj.
Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold
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  • Lá orpeda cleric, gif ðú wylle witan ða terminos ðe wé ymbe sprǽcon, wite hwylc gér hyt sý ðæs mónan ðæt man hǽt

    lunaris,

    Anglia viii.
      325, 5.
  • Swá gedafenaþ esnum ðam orpedan, ðonne hé gód weorc ongynþ, ðæt hé ðæt geornlíce beswynce,

      324, 17.
  • Orped[n]e, snellne

    adultum,

      Hpt. Gl. 485, 25.
Etymology
[Orpud audax, bellipotens, Promp. Parv. 371, v. note for other examples of the word, Þe guode kniȝt and orped, þet heþ guod herte and hardi. Ayenb. 183, 6. Jamieson gives orpit proud.]
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