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of-beátan

(v.)
Grammar
of-beátan, p. -beót; pp. -beáten

To kill by beatingto beat to deathto beat to pieces

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Claudium mid saglum ofbeótan they beat Claudius to death with clubs, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 26. Ðæt hí ofbeátun ut trucident, Ps. Lamb. 36, 15. Hét se cásere ðone cempan mid saglum ofbeátan, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 455. Mid billum ofbeátan, Met. 9, 30.

of-brǽdels

Similar entry: ofer-brǽdels

or-wegness

(n.)
Grammar
or-wegness, e; f.
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Inaccessibility, remoteness Orwegnes devta, s. loca secreta et abdita, quasi extra via, vel invia, sine via, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 55

or-wirðed

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
or-wirðed, disgraced, cf, ge-oruuierdid traductus, Txts. 100, 990. Georuuyrde, 103, 2042. Georwyrðed
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traducta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 14

or-wirðlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wirðlíc, adj.
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Ignominious, shameful God hine forlét in ðisse nyþerlícan worulde swá orwyrþlícne déþ þrowian, ðæt hé hine wolde in ðære heán worulde gelǽdan, Shrn. 123, 10

or-yldu

Similar entry: or-ildu

of-áxian

(v.)
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Add: to find out by enquiry. the source from which not given, the object a person Se cásere is smeágende hwǽr hé ús mæge ofáxian, Hml. S. 23, 453.

of-beátan

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Se micela ylp þe þá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát mid his egeslican nypele, Hml. A. 63, 286. Add

of-brǽded

Grammar
of-brǽded, Sal. K. p. 148, 22.

Similar entry: ofer-brǽdan

of-brytsig

Grammar
of-brytsig, Dele, and see <b>byrstig.</b>

of-drincan

(v.)
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to intoxicate Ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg ofdruncen beón omnis generis potus quo quis inebriari possit, Ll. Th. ii. 134, 21 note

of-feallan

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'Wé forceorfað ꝥ tréów, and þú hit feallende underfóh' . . . Hí setton Martinum . . . ꝥ se pínbeám hine offeallan sceolde . . . se beám . . . offeól forneán þæs folces micelne dǽl, Hml. S. 31, 402-418. ¶ glossing decidere :-- Ðá steorras heofnes biðon

of-geótan

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S. 23b, 128: 663. to pour out Ðaera mynetra ofgǽt (-geátt, R. ágeát, W. S.) mæslen nummulariorum effudit aes, Jn. L. 2, 15

of-hæccan

(v.)
Grammar
of-hæccan, p. -næhte
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To hack off Hí cweðað ꝥ Petrus gewǽpnod wǽre, þá ðá hé his Drihten werian wolde; ꝥ wæs þá hé ofhæhte (amputavit) þæs forscildgdon eáre, Ll. Th. ii. 386, 22

Linked entry: hæccan

of-hende

(adj.)
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of-irnan

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Add Ofirneð, Met. 29, 32. Add: glossing decurrere Ic ofyrne decurro, Ælf. Gr. Z. 181, 10

of-lǽte

(n.)
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Add: <b>-lát</b> (?), e ; f. Add Noldest þú ná ofrunga and ofláta (-an ?) náne sacrificium el oblationem noluisti, Ps. Th. 39, 6. Add Hé sóna sealde mid his ágenre handa oflétan (ofenlǽtan, v. l. oblationem ), and bebeád: 'Gáð nú and dóð

of-lecgan

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Add: to overlay, cover Oflege mid wulle, Lch. ii. 182, 18. Mid þám þingum siþþan oflege þe þá wunde clǽsnien, 210, 1

of-rǽcan

(v.)
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to obtain Ita autem adquiratur illud triplex iudicium, quod Angli dicunt ofrǽce ꝥ ordél, Ll. Lbmn. 333, col. 2

of-scotian

(v.)
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Wé þæt deór unsófte mid strǽlum and eác mid longsceaftum sperum ofscotadon and hit ofslógon bestia uix ipsis defixa est uenabulis, Nar. 15, 28. Add