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or-þanc

  • adjective
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or-þanc, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§10; §111; §580;
Cunning, skilful
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  • Ceastra beóþ feorran gesýne, orþanc enta geweorc, wrǽtlíc weallstána geweorc. Menol. Fox 463; Gn. C. 2.
  • Orþonc ǽrsceaft. Exon. Th. 477, 1 ; Ruin. 16.
  • Mé þurh hrycg wrecen hongaþ under án orþonc píl, óðer on heáfde,

      Exon. Th. 403, 23; Rá. 22, 12.
  • Hwǽr com heora snyttro and seó orþonce gláunes, and se ðe gebregdnan dómas démde ? Blickl. Homl. 99, 31.
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  • or-þanc, adj.