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on-wendendlic

(adj.)
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on-wendendlic, adj.
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Changeable God ána unanwendendlic wunaþ and eallra ðára anwendendlicra welt rerum orbem mobilem rotat, dum se immobilem conservat, Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 10

Linked entry: -wendendlic

on-wendendlíce

(adv.)

Linked entry: -wendendlíce

on-winnan

(v.)
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to attack, assail Sum hǽðen mann þe him swýðost onwann áwédde ðǽrríhte, Hml. S. 22, 131. Þæt gé eówerne eard bewerian mid wǽpnum wið onwinnendne here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 18: Hml. S. 25, 818. Hí weredon hí cénlíce wið þone onwinnendan here, 589: 719. Hé

on-wlát

Grammar
on-wlát, Dele, and see <b>and-wlata.</b>

on-wrigenness

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Add On sprǽcum háliges gewrites oððe on dígelum onwrigennyssum (-wrigenessum, v. l. ), Gr. D. 139, 1

on-wunung

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Add Ofsett eorðlice onwunung (the earthly tabernacle) andgyt fela þencendne deprimit terrena inhabitatio sensum multa cogitantem, Scint. 138, 16. dwelling in a place, indwelling, sojourn Seó heorte bið geglenced þurh Godes neósunge, and mid his onwununge

or-dál

(n.)
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A masculine form ordelas occurs, C. D. ii. 252, 13

or-dǽle

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Ordǽle expers (periculi ), An. Ox. 3286. Add

or-eald

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Hé wæs wrǽne oð ꝥ hé wæs oreald usque ad aetatem decrepitam lubricus extilit, Gr. D. 341, 3. Add

or-firmþa

(n.)
Grammar
or-firmþa, pl.
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Refuse Orfyrmþa peripsema, An. Ox. 609. Cf. ǽ-firmþa ; or-firme, -firm(u)

Linked entry: -firmþa

or-gálscipe

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Dele, see: of gálscipe, An. Ox. 5290

or-gilde

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or-hlyte

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Add: (?) Orhlet expers, Angl. xi. 171, 3

or-mǽte

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Add: of material things Þá æteówde án ormǽte heort, Hml. S. 30, 29. Ormǽte ent, 25, 280. Se ormǽta gigas, Ps. L. 32, 16. Cóm Timotheus mid ormǽtre fyrde, Hml. S. 25, 432. Hé (David) his (Goliath's) ormǽte heáfod of óslóh, 18, 26. of non-material things

or-mǽte

(adv.)
Grammar
or-mǽte, adv.
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Add: immensely Hé rád tó ormǽte caflíce, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 28. Hé (Job) hæfde ormǽte micelne híred, 446, 14. Se móna is ormǽte brád, Lch. iii. 242, 24

or-met

Grammar
or-met, or-mett.
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Gearu tó ánwíge mid ormettre wápnunge, Hml. S. 18, 21. Þá gelæhte se ealdorman ǽnne ormetne flint, 11, 102. Gif God forlǽt þá sáwle for ormættum synnum, þonne swælt heó on þǽm sǽlran dǽle, 1, 144. Add

or-treówness

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Þás þyslican (infideles) syndon tó þreágienne in heora ortreównesse, and of ðǽre ortreównesse hí syndon tó laþienne tó þǽre gife þæs rihtan geleáfan infideles in sua perfidia redarguendi sunt, ad fidei gratiam provocandi, Gr. D. 263, 3. Add

or-trúwian

(v.)
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Þreó þing syndon þe ne beóð forgifene . . . þrydde, þæt man ortrúwige Godes mildheortnysse, Wlfst. 299, 16. Add

or-trýwan

Grammar
or-trýwan, l. -tríwan,
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or-wénness

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Add: with gen. Se fífta leahtor is unrótnys ðissere worulde . . . Of ðám bið ácenned . . . his sylfes orwénnys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 19. with prep. Him wæs geworden seó orwénnys be þám menniscan gewinne de humano labore facta est desperatio, Gr. D. 47,

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