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of-earmung

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On ofearmunga and mildheortnesse in miseratione et misericordia, Ps. Rdr. 102, 5. Gemyne ofearmunga (miserationum) þínra and mildheortnesse þínre, 24, 6. Add

of-féstre

(n.)
Grammar
of-féstre, (?), an; f.
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, one who received a child into her own house to nurse Ælflǽde offéstran, Cht. Crw. 23, 22. Cf. cild-féstre

Linked entry: féstre

of-dúne

(adv.)
Grammar
of-dúne, adv.

Down

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Hié léton hiera hrægl ofdúne tó fótum, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 19. ' Wendaþ mín heáfod ofdúne, forðon ðe mín Drihten of heofenum ádúne tó eorþan ástág.' Ðá fæstnedan hié ða fét up and ðæt heáfod ofdúne, Blickl. Homl. 191, 2-9

Linked entry: á-dún

or-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
or-mód, adj.

Without courage, hopeless, despairing

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Ne beó ðú tó ormód ðeáh ðé sí on unriht gedémed be not too much discouraged, though judgement be given wrongfully against thee. Prov. Kmbl. 34.

Linked entry: for-þencan

of-fillan

(v.)

to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy

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Ðá hét se déma ðæt wíf weorpan on seáþ and ðǽr mid stánum offellan, Shrn. 89, 29

of-ǽte

(n.)
Grammar
of-ǽte, (?), an ; f.
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What one eats of (f), food God hét spryttan menigfealde treówcynn mid heora wæstmum mannum tó ofǽtan (cf. universa ligna . . . ut sint vobis in escam, Gen. 1, 29), Hex. 12, 2

Linked entry: of-eten

of-stígan

(v.)
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Ofstigon on eorða, Jn. L. 21, 22. Ofstíg ł ástíg (ástíg, R.) of róde descende de cruce, Mt. L. 27, 40. Ðá menigo ofstígendra turbae discendentium, Lk. L. 19, 37. Ofstígendum (níþerstígendum, R.) him of mór, Mt. L. 17, 9 : Mk. L.

Linked entry: stígan

of-teón

(v.)
Grammar
of-teón, pp. -togen and -tigen.

to withdraw ⬩ to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything ⬩ to withhold, keep back, deny a person anything ⬩ abstrahere

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to withdraw He hine ofteáh ðære fôre subtraxit se illi profectioni, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 23. to take away what a person has, deprive a person of anything (with dat. or acc. of person, gen. of thing, or dat. of person and acc. of thing) Ic ofteó derogo.

of-lǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
of-lǽtan, . I.

to give up, relinquish ⬩ to give up the ghost ⬩ to let off, cause (blood) to flow ⬩ to let off, forgive, dismiss

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Th. 65, 28; Gen. 1073. to let off, cause (blood) to flow Ðæt him (hine, Cott. MS.) mon ofléte blódes on ðam earme. Bt. 29, 2; Fox 104, 23. [Goth. af-létan to let off, forgive, dismiss: Ger. ab-lassen.]

of-þryscan

(v.)

to beat down, repress, suppress

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Ðæt hé on him selfum ofþrysce ða lustas his unþeáwa in semetipso suggestiones vitiorum reprimat, 14, 5; Swt. 85, 12

of-licgan

(v.)

to oppress, to hurt by lying upon

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to oppress, to hurt by lying upon Gif hwá on slǽpe his bearn oflicge ðæt hit deád wurðe si quis in somno infantem suum oppres-serit, et mortuus sit L. M. I. P. 41; Th. ii. 276, 10

Linked entry: licgan

of-þryccan

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Ox. 3532. the object non-material Reóhnesse ofþrihte insaniam compressit, An. Ox. 2501. Ofþryhte, ꝥ is ácweinte compressit (foci potestatem), 4135.

of-gangan

(v.)

to require ⬩ to extort, exact what is not due ⬩ to acquire, obtain

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Eówer blód ic ofgange (requiram) æt eallum wilddeorum and eác æt ðam men; of ðæs weres handa ic ofgange ðæs mannes líf. Gen. 9, 5. to extort, exact what is not due:- Ofgang ða mádmas extort (from St.

of-linnan

(v.)

to cease, leave off ⬩ discedere

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to cease, leave off Ðæt wæter oflan and má of heora múþe hit ne eode the water stopped, and it no longer came out of the mouth of the image Blickl. Homl. 247, 8

Linked entry: linnan

of-rídan

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D. of-ride]: <b>of-sacan.</b> Add:

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.

of-sleán

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Ox. 1837. to slaughter cattle Gif hwá forstele óðres oxan and hine ofsleá (ofslehð, Ex. 22, 1) oþþe bebycgge, Ll.

of-þænnan

Grammar
of-þænnan, l.
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of-þǽnan

ge-ond-swarian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ond-swarian, p. ode; pp. od

To answer ⬩ respondere

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To answer; respondere, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 28

of-georn

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Ox. 2, 96. Add