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of-scotian

(v.)
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Wé þæt deór unsófte mid strǽlum and eác mid longsceaftum sperum ofscotadon and hit ofslógon bestia uix ipsis defixa est uenabulis, Nar. 15, 28. Add

of-sendan

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of-setenness

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Add: a sitting down Obsetnesse sessionem, Ps. Cant. 138, 1

of-settan

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Add: to press one object with another Ðonne þú candelbryd habban wille, ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete hý eclinga mid þínre swí[þ]ran, Tech. ii. 120, 23. to oppress. the agent a person, of physical ill-treatment Hí his ǽrran wunda mid wundum

of-setting

(n.)
Grammar
of-setting, e ; f.
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Pressure Ofsettincge oppressum, Scint. 143, 5

Linked entry: -setting

of-sníþan

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Add: to slaughter an animal Gif hwá drince wyrm on wætere, ofsníðe sceáp raðe, drince hát ꝥ sceápes blód, Lch. ii. 114, 7. to cut off, amputate Hé sceal his unþeáwas hatian and ofsníþan, Met. 27, 33. O. H. Ger. aba-snídan amputare: Ger. ab-schneiden

of-spring

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For ðan ðe hé is Abrahames ofspring quod ipse filius sit Abrahae (Lk. 19, 9), Hml. Th. i. 582, 6. Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu æt Ælfsige . . . tó écum freóte, and eall hire ofspring, C. D. vi. 209, 11. Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine

of-standan

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Add: glossing exstare, exsurgere Ðe sǽ ofstód ł árás mare exsurgebat, Jn. L., R. 6, 18. Néde is tó cwoeðenne ofstóde ðára sum . . . necesse est dicere extitisse quosdam . . . Mt. p. 7, 8

of-steppan

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Add: -stæppan Gif hwá mid his fét ofstepð (-stæpð, v. l. ) ǽttrig bán, snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, 1

of-stician

(v.)
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Be beón gif hí mannan ofsticiað (cf. beón gif hí man ácwellað, 164, 1), Ll. Th. ii. 130, 30. Þeáh hine deófol mid bárspere beótige tó ofsticianne, Angl. viii. 324, 19. Man þá hálgan . . . swilce ofsticode swín (stuck pigs) holdode, Hml. S. 23, 106. In

of-talu

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Add: Cf. tellan ; IV

of-þanc

(n.)
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envy Ofþanc inuidia, Angl. xxxii. 513, 6

Linked entry: æf-þanc

of-þe

(con.)
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of-þe, conj.
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Or Ofþe gemyndlǽs vel freneticus

of-þyncan

Grammar
of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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Ðý lǽs . . . him hefiglíce ofðynce ðæs ðe hié sealdon, Past. 321, 19. <b>I b</b> :-- Ne bið God nǽfre bepéht, ne him nǽfre ne ofþincð ꝥ, ꝥ hé ǽr tó rǽde geþóhte, Angl. vii. 34, 317. Þæt eów ofðince eówer gedwyld, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 8. <b

of-wítan

(v.)
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to reproach Ofwitun (téldon, L. ) verebuntur, Mt. R. 21, 37. Cf. æt-, oþ-wítan. (?)

Linked entry: wítan

on-standan

(v.)
Grammar
on-standan, <b>. I.</b> to consist of
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or in. Cf. standan; Ic ealle mîne bêc, on þâm þe se drŷcræft onstôd, âwearp, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 14. to persist, continue Þæt; mînes worldlîfes bletsung anstande ut mundanae meae vitae benedictio permaneat, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 4. Mid onstandendum geswince

Linked entry: an-standan

on-sting

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on-sting, Add: the right to intervene, or thrust oneself into, the affairs of another. Cf. stingan; <b>Ia</b>
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Icc nelle nâteswhôn geþafian ꝥ þaer æ̂nig man æ̂nigne onstyng habbe on æ̂nigum þingum, Cht. E. 303, 10

remigende

(v.; adj.; part.)
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remigende, The correctness of this reading is supported by another instance
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Se Hǽlend . . . gemétte óðre twégen gebróðra . . . on scipe mid heora fæder remigende heora nett, Nap. 53 (Archiv ci. 323). Both instances should then be put under remian

sǽd-berende

(adj.)
Grammar
sǽd-berende, In a legend of the Holy Cross Seth is represented as bringing seeds from Paradise, whither he had been sent by Adam: Seth, ita edoctus ab angelo cum uellet discedere, dedit ei angelus tria grana pomi illius, de quo manducauerat pater eius dicens ei: 'Infra triduum cum ad patrem tuum redieris ipse exspirabit. Haec tria grana infra eius linguam pones, &amp;c.' If the poet of the Genesis knew such a legend it might have suggested the epithet he applied to Seth. v. Mod. Lang. Rev. vi. 200. See, too, C. M. 1365
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His leue Seth toke of cherubyn, and þre curnels he ȝaf to hym whiche of ꝥ tre he nam ꝥ his fadir eet of Adam

sǽt

(n.)
Grammar
sǽt, To judge by the former of the two passages given here the word in the latter of them should mean a place of concealment for the hunter where he lies in wait for the game which is driven towards him. Such driving of game is described by the hunter in Ælfric&#39;s Colloquy, Th. An. 21, 13-22, 18.
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte

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