óþ-swígan
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to stop speaking, become silent Hé spræc tó his liornæra sumum, and ðá fǽringa óþswígde hé suǽ hé hwæshwegu hercnade, Shrn. 72, 24
óþ-swimman
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to swim off Ða áne ðe út óþswymman mihton (æl-swummon, MS. A. ) tó ðám scipum, Chr. 915; Erl. 105, 11
óþ-þicgan
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to take from Him frumbearnes riht freóbróðor óþþah, Cd. Th. 199, 14; Exod. 338
oxan-slyppe
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Oxlip; primula veris elatior, Lchdm. ii. 32, 26 : iii. 30, 8
oxna-lyb
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ox-heal; helleborus foetidus and h. viridis, Lchdm. iii. Glossary
oarl-cat
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Dele
for-oft
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Se Hǽlend hét hine sylfne mannes sunu foroft, Hml. A. 55, 118: 58, 169: 50, 26: 71, 169. Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne heregende here: here man mæg foroft befleón, ac þá déman man ne mæg befleón, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 23. Add
Linked entry: oft
oon-tydre
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on-týdre
óret-lof
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triumph For his wuldorfullan sige óretlofes propter eius gloriosissimi uictioriam triumphi, Angl. xiii. 400, 497
oþ-berstan
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Gif hwá wóh wyrce, and út oðberste (æt-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 268, 9. Add
oþ-feorrian
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to remove to a distance, take away Ic þence þis feoh tó findanne næs tó oþfeorrganne, Lch. i. 384, 4. Cf. æt-feorrian
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oþ-hrínan
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of physical contact, to touch Se rodor þǽre eorþan ǽfre ne oðríneð, Met. 20, 138. Ic hys hrægles fnædes oðhrán, Hml. A. 189, 228. Hé hire fét mid teárum oþrán . . . heó mid ðǽre hálgan róde gedryncnesse Iordanem oþhrínan (ongan), Hml. S. 23 b, 719-723
Linked entry: hrínan
oþ-windan
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Bútan hé oðwinde (æt-, v. l. ), Ll. Th. i. 210, 9: 12. Add
oxan-hirde
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An oxherd Eálá, oxanhvrde, hwæt wyrcst þú? Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode,
wæter-ordál
The ordeal by boiling water
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The ordeal by boiling water Hæbbe se teónd cyre, swá wæterordál swá ýsenordál, L. Ath. iv. 6;Th. i. 224, 15. Cf. Ǽlc tiónd áge geweald swá hwæðer hé wille swá wæter swá ísen, L. Eth. iii. 6;Th. i. 296, 4
heals-ome
A humour in the neck
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A humour in the neck, Lchdm. iii. 4, 26
oft-rǽde
frequent ⬩ ready at many times
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frequent Hæglas and snáwas and se oftrǽda rén leccaþ ða eorþan on wintra, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 16. ready at many times Gafolswán sceal beón swá ic ǽr be beócere cwæþ (cf. 1. 3, beóceorl sceal hwíltidum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan
twelfta
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Twelfth Se twelfta duodecimus, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 282, 19. Móna se twelfta, Lchdm. iii. 190, 4. Hé wæs twelfta sylf, Andr. Kmbl. 1330; An. 665. ¶ Passages having reference to Twelfth-night, the twelfth day after Christmas, Epiphany :-- Ðæs (
Linked entry: epiphania