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of-áxian

  • verb [ weak ]
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the source from which not given,
the object a person
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  • Se cásere is smeágende hwǽr hé ús mæge ofáxian,

      Hml. S. 23, 453.

  • Hé hét ácwellan ealle þá crístenan þe hé ofáxian mihte,

      29, 201.
the object a thing
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  • Dó ús gewisse þæs þe þú ofáxie,

      Hml. S. 23, 467.
with a clause
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  • Þǽr hé ofáxode ꝥ se cyning wæs,

      Chr. 1016 ; P. 152, 22.

  • Ðeós Iúdith ofáxode hú Ozias gespræc

    haec cum audisset quoniam Osias promisisset,

      Hml. A. 108, 209.

  • Þá lúdéiscan ofáxodon hú úre Drihten árǽrde Lazarum ofdeáðe,

      66, 26.

  • Ofáxa hwæt se cásere be ús geboden hæbbe,

      Hml. S. 23, 465.

  • Ic bidde þé ꝥ þú lǽte ofáxian gif þis folc hæbbe ǽnige unrihtwísnysse ongeán heora God

    perquire si est aliqua iniquitas eonim in conspectu Dei eorum,

      Hml. A. 106, 137.
where the source from which is given,
cf. (1 b)
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  • Sulpicius wrát be Martine þá ðing þe hé ofáxode oððe æt him sylfum oððe æt óþrum mannum,

      Hml. S. 31, 5.
cf. (1 c)
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  • Ic sceal mé gebiddan tó him, and æt him ofáxian hwænne þú eáþelícost mihte tó þám folce becuman

    orabo Deum et dicet mihi quando eis reddat peccatum suum,

      Hml. A. 110, 257.

  • Hé hæfde ofáxod æt óðrum mannum ǽr ꝥ hé wæs Iúdéisca

    dixerat eis se esse Iudaeum,

      96, 139.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-áxian.” 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/56090.

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