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or-dǽle

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Ox. 3286. Add

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-eald

(adj.)
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or-eald, adj.

Of great age ⬩ valde senex, grandaevus, veteranus, decrepitus

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Of great age Caron wæs swíðe oreald, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 20

Linked entry: or-ildu

or-þanc

(adj.)
Grammar
or-þanc, adj.

Cunning, skilful

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Mé þurh hrycg wrecen hongaþ under án orþonc píl, óðer on heáfde, Exon. Th. 403, 23; Rá. 22, 12. Hwǽr com heora snyttro and seó orþonce gláunes, and se ðe gebregdnan dómas démde ? Blickl. Homl. 99, 31

or-sorg

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Add Wé ne magon habban þone heofonlican éþel búton wé fram eallum sacum orsorge beón, O. E. Hml, i. 302, 8

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.

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

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-hearmian

(v.)
Grammar
of-hearmian, v. impers.

To cause grief ⬩ grief, sorrow ⬩ it vexes one

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v. of-earmian) Gode heora yrmða God was grieved at their miseries, Jud. II, I

Linked entry: hearmian

of-spyrian

(v.)

to find out by inquiry or search

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to find out by inquiry or search Se ðe hit ofspyraþ, hê âh ðæt meldfeoh, L. In. 17; Th. i. 114, 4

or-trýwan

(v.)

to despair of

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to despair of Ne ortrywan hig Godes mildheortnysse ne desperent illi de misericordia Dei, L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 7

of-sittan

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</b> of demoniacal possession Hé út ádráf ðone ealdan feónd of þám ofsetenan men ( de obsesso homine ), Gr. D. 135, 6. Add Seó gegaderung þára áwyrgedra mé ofsǽton consilium malignantium obsedit me, Ps. Th. 21, 14.

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.

Linked entry: of-gesleán

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

of-faran

(v.)

to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack

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to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack Ðá Philippus wæs cirrende ðá offór hiene óðere Sciððie Triballe wǽron hátene revertenti Philippo Triballi bello obviunt, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 1.

or-wénness

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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, 11

of-þe

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

or-wéne

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wéne, adj.
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Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 192, 4. not giving ground for hope, desperate, despaired of Wenstú ðæt ic sceole sprecan to ðissum treówleásan men and tó ðissum orwénan drý ( this desperate sorcerer ), Blickl. Homl. 183, 32.

Linked entries: wéne orenum

of-healdan

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D. of-hold]

of-áxian

(v.)
Grammar
of-áxian, -ácsian; p. ode

To find out by asking ⬩ to learn

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To find out by asking, to learn Ðá hé ofáxode ( didicisset ) hwæt his suna him dydon, Gen. 9, 24: Chart. Th. 340, 27. Hé his bróðor slege ofáxode, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 5.