or-wéne
- adjective
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Biþ orwéne ðæt hé ne mǽge ða bóte áberan
desperet posse se emendationem perferre,
- L. Ecg. P. i. 4; Th. ii. 172, 23.
- Hé wearþ his lífes orwéne. Homl. Th. i. 86, 28.
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Hé læg his lífes orwéne,
- Homl. Skt. i. 21, 301: Glostr. Frag. 6, 18: Chart. Th. 339, 22.
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Hié ðæs écan lífes orwéne wǽron,
- Blickl. Homl. 85, 27.
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Huí wǽron orwéne hwæðer. . . ,
- Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 192, 4.
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Wenstú ðæt ic sceole sprecan to ðissum treówleásan men and tó ðissum orwénan drý (
this desperate sorcerer
),- Blickl. Homl. 183, 32.
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Æt orwénum lífe
when life is despaired of;
in extremitate vitae,- L. Ecg. P. i. tit. x; Th. ii. 170, 18.
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Wé ðá bútan orenum (orwénum ?) þingum mete þigdon
ab securis nobis epule capiuntur,
- Nar. 24, 2.
- See preceding word.
Bosworth, Joseph. “or-wéne.” 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/25006.
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