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of-clipian

(v.)
Grammar
of-clipian, p. ode

To obtain by calling

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To obtain by calling Ðá wolde se hálga habban gewitan ðære wunderlícan gesihþe and ofclypode his diácon him hrædlíce tó the deacon was called and came Homl. Th. ii. 184, 33. Heó mid hreáme hyre hræddinge ofclypode she had obtained help by her cries,

or-ceásness

(n.)
Grammar
or-ceásness, e; f.

Immunity, freedom from fault

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Immunity, freedom from fault Orceásnes immunitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 59: 77, 34. Seó orceásnys, Hpt. Gl. 433, 57. Orceásnysse ł uniwemnysse immunitatis, 434, 27. Orceásnysse immunitatem, castitatem, 461, 41

Linked entry: ceásness

or-firm

(n.)
Grammar
or-firm, or-firmu f.

Squalor

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Squalor Orfiermae, orfermae squalores, Txts. 96, 933

or-trúwung

(n.)
Grammar
or-trúwung, e; f.

Despair

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Despair Se ðe forgyfenysse be synne ortrúwaþ swýðor be ortrúwunge ðænne be synne áfealþ. Ortrúwung geýcþ synne qui veniam de peccato desperat plus de desperatione quam de peccat cadit. Desperatio auget peccatum, Scint. 34

Linked entry: or-trúwian

or-met

Grammar
or-met, or-mett.
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Gif God forlǽt þá sáwle for ormættum synnum, þonne swælt heó on þǽm sǽlran dǽle, 1, 144. Add

or-ceápe

Grammar
or-ceápe, or-ceápes, or-ceápunga, or-ceápungum.
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Orceápungum gratis, Ps. Rdr. 38, 19: 108, 3. Add

of-spring

(n.)
Grammar
of-spring, es; m.

Offspring, progeny, posterity, descendants

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Offspring, progeny, posterity, descendants Of-spring styrps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 58; Som. 13, 36. Ofsprincg progenies, 12;Som. 15, 53. Eall heora ofspring ðe him of com, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, II. Eall heora ofsprinc boren and unboren, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: spring

of-drǽd

Grammar
of-drǽd, of-drǽdd.
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Se þridda cnapa wacode swíðor for ege þonne for his gebedum . . . se ofdrǽdda cnapa ꝥ eall geseah, Vis. Lfc. 59. Daria cwæð tó þám ofdrǽddan men, Hml. S. 35, 269. Add

of-drǽd

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
of-drǽd, of-drǽdd,

terrified, afraid

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terrified, afraid Ic férde ofdrǽd timens abii, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 25. Befrán se sceaþa hwæt hé manna wǽre, oððe wǽre ofdrǽd, Homl. Th. ii. 502, 28. Hé ofdrǽdd wæs for his morþdǽdum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 38. Hié beóþ mid ðæm ymbeþonce ofdrǽdde, Past. 35, 2; Swt

of-dæl

(adj.)
Grammar
of-dæl, adj. l. (?) of-dæle (
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as an i-stem)

or-dál

(n.)
Grammar
or-dál, -dél; generally neuter, but an apparently fem. acc. pl. ordéla occurs,
  • L. Edg. C. 24
    • ;
  • Th. ii. 248, 28
    • .
(Cf.
O. H. Ger. which has fem. and neut. forms
.
)

judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity

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In the sense of judicial decision, judgment the word is used by O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. (v. Richthofen, the Heliand and Graff), but in A. Sax. it is found only in the special sense, which belongs also to the O.

Linked entries: ísen-ordál wæter-ordál

ól-þwang

(n.)
Grammar
ól-þwang, (better P ál-, cf. ól-fæt), es; m.

A strap ⬩ a strap

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A strap Ólþwongas corrigie, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 47

of-þryccan

(v.)

to press, oppress, repress, cumber, occupy forcibly

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to press, oppress, repress, cumber, occupy forcibly Ic of-þricce premo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 14. Hwíl ofþricþ hé ðæt land quid terram occupat ficulnea, Lk. Skt. 13, 7. Ofþrect comprimit, Kent. Gl. 654. Ofþrecþ expremit, 1120.

of-dúne

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Add: of direction of movement Úp yrnan and ofdúne, Lch. ii. 116, 24. of attitude or posture, to lie, bow down Eaðmódlíce ofdúne anlútan, Past. 467, 7. Ic ofdúne on ðá eorðan læg, Hml.

of-þrycness

(n.)
Grammar
of-þrycness, e; f.

Oppression, repression

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Seó Súþ-Seaxna mǽgþ for ðære grimman feónda ofþrycnesse ágenne biscop habban ne mihte the people of Sussex on account of the cruel oppression of their foes could not have a bishop of their own, Bd. 4, 13 tit.; S. 581, 38

of-dæle

Grammar
of-dæle, an (?). l. of-dæle, es, and add: v. gén-dele, æf-dæll (which should be taken here],
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and cf. æf-, geán-dýne

of-swerian

(v.)
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to deny on oath Gif hlóð ðis gedó and eft oðswerian (of-, v. l. ), Ll. Lbmn. 64, 18. (?)

of-langod

(v.)
Grammar
of-langod, part.

Seized with an excessive longing or desire

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Seized with an excessive longing or desire For ðære sibbe hé wearþ oflangod ungemetlíce he was seized with an immense longing on account of the love he bore his father and mother Homl. Th. ii. 176, l. Oflongad, Exon. Th. 443, 13; Kl. 29

Linked entry: langian

or-leahter

(n.)
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Ðéh þe hé beó mid weredum orsorh, þéhweðere hé ǽfre on wíte wunað and on nearunisse, and ǽfre on gnornunge and on orleahtre . . . welan tó forwyrde gedragað; wel feala for welan on orleahter becómon, E. S. viii. 473, 16-26.

of-þefian

(v.)
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to be exceedingly heated Þis líf bið áléfed on langsumum sárum, and on hǽtum ofþefod, and on hungre gewáht, Hml. S. 34, 144

Linked entry: þefian

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