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§106; §291; §430; §639;
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physical.
of a door, gate, &c.
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  • Mid þǽm þe hié þára dura hwelce opene gesáwon, þonne hié gieredon hié tó wíge,

      Ors. 3, 5; S. 106, 16.

  • Hí carcernes duru opene fundon,

      An. 1078.
of a containing space, where there is free access to its interior
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  • Bið súsla hús open . . . áðlogum ongeán,

      Cri. 1605.

  • Æt openum græfe,

      Ll. Th. i. 8, 5; 308; 5.

  • Hé bireð moniga opena wunda . . . hæfð on his nebbe opene wunde, Past. 61, 1-4. (2 a)

    free of entrance or admission

    :-- Gehýre gé ceasterwaran, gehýre gé ælðeódige . . . se bæðstede is open,
      Ap. Th. 12, 21.

  • Se gífra helle bið á open deóflum,

      Bl. H. 61, 12.
of a space,
not shut in, not enclosed
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  • Gelícost openre byrig, ðǽre ðe mid náne wealle ne bið ymbworht

    sicut urbs patens et absque murorum ambitu,

      Past. 277, 20. (3 a) of a battle :-- Hé
    hine ǽr openum gefeohte ofercóm, Past. 229, 8.
not covered, having no roof or covering
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  • Þeáh þe ꝥ hús ufan open sý sylf and unoferhréfed,

      Bl. H. 125, 30.
not covered so as to be concealed, exposed
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  • Hé hordwynne fond opene standan,

      B. 2271.
of a passage or space,
without obstructions
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  • Ne mihte nǽnig hróf on beón on ðǽre cirican . . . ac þæt se weg ðǽr wǽre á tó heofonum open,

      Shrn. 81, 10.
of sound,
made with open mouth
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  • Mid openum stefnum

    (apertis vocibus)

    hé cwæð,
      Gr. D. 70, 5.
non-physical senses,
exposed to mental view, brought to light, patent, evident
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  • Þǽr was Godes ege gesewen and open on fúlre dǽde,

      Hml. S. 23, 86: Sat. 406.

  • Eall þis magon him sylfe geseón open orgete,

      Cri. 1117.

  • Nú þú hæfst ongyten þá wanclan treówa þæs blindan lustes; ðá triówa ðe ðé nú sindon opene, hí sindon git mid manegum óþrum behelede

    deprehendisti caeci numinis ambiguos vultus. Quae sese adhuc aliis velat, tota tibi prorsus innotuit,

      Bt. 7, 2 ; F. 18, 4.

  • Openon geswutelincgum is geypped

    euidentibus patet indiciis,

      Chrd. 64, 28.

  • Ǽlces monnes yfel bið ðý openre, gif hé anweald hæfþ

    minus eorum patebit indignitas, si nullis honoribus inclarescant,

      27, 2 ; F. 96, 11.
clear, easily intelligible
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  • Swá sceal ǽlc gesceádwís láreów opene láre and swutole ðǽm ðiéstrum módum bodian, and náne wuht ðǽre diéglan láre ðonne giét cýðan,

      Past. 461, 4.
clear of intellectual difficulties
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  • Uneáþe þisse sprǽce cymþ ǽnig mon of, gif hé ǽrest on cymþ; ne cymþ hé nǽfre tó openum ende, búton hé hæbbe swá scearp andget swá ꝥ fýr,

      Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 27.
exposed to general view or knowledge, existing, performed or carried on without concealment or so that all may see, hear, or take cognizance, public
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  • Þæt (

    the Trojan war

    ) wæs open ealdgewinn,
      El. 647.

  • Eall þæt hé forsceamode hér on lífe þæt hé ǽnigum men geypte, þæt bið þǽr eallum open unbehelendlíce,

      Wlfst. 138, 3.

  • Gif . . . wíf hig. . . forlicge, and hit open weorðe,

      Ll. Th. i. 406, 7.

  • And hit him on open wurðe,

      200, 20.

  • Þá wanspédigan crístenan hé ne geþafode þæt hí openre wǽdlunge underþeódde wurdon,

      Hml. Th. i. 558, 26.

  • On openre wafunge

    in spectaculo, i. publica inspectione,

      An. Ox. 3511.

  • Openre

    ostenso,i. aperto (ludibrio),

    2245.

  • Tó openum bismere,

      Past. 279, 8.

  • On openam yfle,

      439, 7.

  • Æt openre scylde,

      Ll. Th. i. 124, 23.

  • Gif hwá openne wiðercwyde gewyrce,

      312, 8.

  • Hí bégen nǽron geendode ðurh openne martirdóm,

      Hml. Th. ii. 544, 29.

  • Ðonne hí wyrcað ðá openan scylda,

      Past. 439, 21.
of speech,
that conceals nothing
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  • Nǽnig mon his geþóht openum wordum út ne cýðe,

    nemo palam pronunciet,

      Nar. 28, 29.
of a season,
where nothing is concealed
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  • In þá openan tíd

    (the day of judgement),

      Ph. 509.
not confined to a few, generally available
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  • God him sette ǽ, þæt ys open lagu,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 36.
without defence or
protection, exposed to
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  • Bið ðæt mód on sume healfe open tó wundianne

    cor vulneribus aperitur,

      Past. 431, 9.

  • Sió burg ðæs módes ætiéweð hié selfe suíðe opene hiere feóndum

    civitas mentis apertim se adversario ostendit,

      277, 23.
  • Ic forlǽte míne healle opene (or under
2 ?) mid eallum mínum goldhordum, Shrn. 75, 27.
of a cause,
undecided, not settled
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  • Sió se sacy (sió sace? v. 19) swá open swá hió ǽr wæs,

      Ll. Th. i. 30, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “open.” 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/56730.

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