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or-sorg

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Add Ne onhyre þám þe byð orsorh on his wege (qui prosperatur in via sua ), Ps. Th. 36, 7. Cum orsorg and ríxsa prospere procede et regna, 44, 5. Drihlen wæs hire forespeca, and heó sæt ðí orsorhgre, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 21. <b>I a.</b> with

or-sorg

(adj.)
Grammar
or-sorg, -sorh,; adj; with gen.

free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe

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free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous Orsorh securus, Kent. Gl. 365; Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 59. Orsorg lentus, ii. 96, 62 : consors, 15, 23 : 105, 18. Orsorh wǽpna securus armorum, Ælfc. Gr. 41; Som. 44, 9. Se tó ánra ðara burga (the cities of

of-sleán

(v.)

to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slay ⬩ to slay

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to kill or wound by a blow, to kill, slay Ic ofsleah wildeór ego jugulo feras. Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 19. Ic on morgenne ofsleá mânes wyrhtan in matutino interficiebam omnes peccatores, Ps. Th. 100, 8. Gif man mannan ofslæhþ, L. Eth. 21; Th. i. 8, 3.

Linked entry: of-gesleán

of-sleán

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Add: to kill a living object. the subject a person Þú þe wítegan ofslihst (ofslǽs, L. occidis), Mt. 23, 37. Ofslyhst (-slǽst, L. -slǽs, R.), Lk. 13, 34. Sé ðe ofslihð (-sláeð, L. occiderit), Mt. 5, 21. Ofslyhþ (-slǽð, L. R. interficiet), Jn. 8, 22. Gé

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. Frs., of a decision which follows an

Linked entries: ísen-ordál wæter-ordál

of-gifan

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Add: to give up an object, material or non-material, in one's possession, to abandon Hé gást ofgifeð spiritus pertransibit ab eo, Ps. Th. 102, 15. Hé ofgæf gást expiravit, Lk. R. L. 23, 46. Sume on Rómebyrig feorh ofgéfon, Ap. 12. Mec ( the cuckoo in

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-blindian

(v.)

to make blind

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to make blind Ofblindade égo hiora excaecavit oculos eorum, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 12, 40

Linked entry: blindian

of-brytsig

(adj.)
Grammar
of-brytsig, (?); adj.

Very broken

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Very broken Ofbyrtstigum (? ofbrytsigum) praeruptis, fractis, Hpt. Gl. 454, 44

or-tydre

(adj.)
Grammar
or-tydre, adj.
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Without offspring, barren Ontydre (Wnlcker reads ortydre) effeto, sinefoetu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 46

or-wéna

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wéna, adj. with gen.
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Hopeless, despairing Ðá wearþ his agen sunu yfele geuntrumed, and orwéna lífes læg æt /orþsíðe, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 301: Beo. Th. 2008 ; B. 1002 : 3134; 6. 1565: Exon. Th. 329, 27; Vy. 40. Friþes orwéna, 261, 25 ; Jul. 320. Ic eom orwéna, ðæt. . .Cd. Th

Linked entry: -wén

or-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wéne, adj.
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with gen. not having ground for hope, without hope, despairing Biþ orwéne ðæt hé ne mǽge ða bóte áberan desperet posse se emendationem perferre, L. Ecg. P. i. 4; Th. ii. 172, 23. Hé wearþ his lífes orwéne. Homl. Th. i. 86, 28. Hé læg his lífes orwéne

Linked entries: wéne orenum

or-weorð

(n.)
Grammar
or-weorð, -wurð, es; n.
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Ignominy, shame Gefyl ansýne heora of orwurðe ( ignominia ), Ps. Spl. C. 82, 15

or-wirðu

(n.)
Grammar
or-wirðu, indecl.; -wirð, e; f.
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Ignominy, shame, dishonour Gefyl onsiéne heara mid orwyrðe imple facies eorum ignominia, Ps. Surt. 82, 17. Mé ðín dohtor hafaþ geýwed orwyrðu thy daughter hath shewn me dishonour, Exon. Th. 246, 29; Jul. 69

Linked entry: or-weorð

sinder-óm

(n.)
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rust Sinderóme ferrugine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 35

þǽr-of

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-of, adv.
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Thereof, of or from that Genim ðás ylcan wyrte, wyrc clyþan þǽrof, Lchdm. i. 196, 23. Ðæt ic macige mete ðínum fæder þǽrof ut faciam ex eis escas patri tuo, Gen. 27, 9

Linked entry: of

brand-óm

(n.)

blight

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rust that comes from exposure to burning, or (?) blight Similar entries (v. brand, II a) Brondoom rubigo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 34

of-calen

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Utan hlýwan ofcalene and wǽfan nacode and syllan mete þám gehingredum, Wlfst. 119, 6. Add

of-cyrf

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Se abbod brúce ísene ofkyrfes abba utalur ferro abscisionis, R. Ben. I. 60, 2. Seó ród is wíde tódǽled mid gelómlicum ofcyrfum tó lande gehwilcum, Hml. S. 27, 144. Add

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

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