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orþian

  • verb [ weak ]
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orþian, p. ode
To breathe, pant
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  • Ic orþige

    spiro,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 19
      • ;
    • Som. 22, 42
      • .

  • Ic on orþige inspiro,

    • 47
      • ;
    • Som. 48, 44
      • .

  • Animal is ǽlc þing ðæt orþaþ,

    • 5
      • ;
    • Som. 4, 41
      • .

  • Ðonne se sacerd cristnaþ, ðonne orþaþ hé on ðone man,

    • Wulfst. 33, 18
      • .

  • Gást oreþaþ

    spiritus spirat,

    • Jn. Skt. 3, 8
      • .

  • þurh ðæt lyft wé orþiaþ and eác ða nýtenu,

    • Hexam. 4
      • ;
    • Norm. 8, 18
      • .

  • Ælc þing ðe orþode

    omne quod spirare poterat,

    • Jos. 10, 40
      • .

  • Orþode

    palpitavit

    (palpavit, MS. ),
    • Germ. 402, 73
      • .

  • Orþige

    palpitet,

    • 398, 116
      • .

  • Hé ne gedyrstlǽceþ ðæt hé furþon orþige

    he dare not even breathe,

    • Homl. Th. i. 456, 10
      • .

  • Hé earfoþlíce orþian mihte,

    • 86, 8
      • .

  • Ðá ongann hé tó éðele ðæs upplícan lífes mid eallum gewilnungum orþian

    then began he to pant for the country of the life above with all his desires,

    • ii. 118, 26
      • .

  • Orþiende swétnyssa

    spirans balsama,

    • Hymn. Surt. 98, 19
      • .
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v.  oreþian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “orþian.” 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/24992.

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