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to give up an object, material or non-material, in one's possession,
to abandon
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  • Hé gást ofgifeð

    spiritus pertransibit ab eo,

      Ps. Th. 102, 15.

  • Hé ofgæf gást

    expiravit,

      Lk. R. , L. 23, 46.

  • Sume on Rómebyrig feorh ofgéfon,

      Ap. 12.

  • Mec (

    the cuckoo in the egg

    ) deádne ofgeáfan fæder and móder,
      Rä. 10, 1.
to give up a place,
quit a position
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  • Se fugel ofgiefeð eard and éðel,

      Ph. 426.

  • Abraham nihtreste ofgeaf,

      Gen. 2863.

  • Næs ofgeáfon hwate Scyldingas,

      B. 1600.
  • Þá hildlatan holt ofgéfan, 2846.

  • Carran ofgif, fæder éðelstól,

      Gen. 1747.

  • Sceoldon wræcmæcgas ofgiefan gnornende gréne beorgas,

      Gú. 203 : 448.

  • Ofgyfan,

      B. 2588.

  • Hwæðer fámig sǽ dǽl ǽnigne grénre eorðan ofgifen hæfde,

      Gen. 1454.
to give up a state or condition
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  • Hí (Adam and Eve) éðles wyn geómormóde ofgiefan sceoldon, Ph. 412. III a.

    to give up

    this present life :-- Ofgiefeð seó sáwl þás eorðan wynne, forlǽteð þás lǽnan dreámas,
      Cri. 1667.

  • Hé þás worold ofgeaf,

      B. 1681.
  • Hé gumdreám ofgeaf, 2469.

  • Þás woruld ofgyfan,

      Gen. 1127.

  • Bebyrig Maria líchama[n], ofgif þǽre eorðan ꝥ hire is, and ꝥ dúst tó þám dúste,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 750.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-gifan.” 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/56335.

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