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of-setting

(n.)
Grammar
of-setting, e ; f.
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Pressure Ofsettincge oppressum, Scint. 143, 5

Linked entry: -setting

of-standan

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Add: glossing exstare, exsurgere Ðe sǽ ofstód ł árás mare exsurgebat, Jn. L., R. 6, 18. Néde is tó cwoeðenne ofstóde ðára sum . . . necesse est dicere extitisse quosdam . . . Mt. p. 7, 8

of-steppan

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Add: -stæppan Gif hwá mid his fét ofstepð (-stæpð, v. l. ) ǽttrig bán, snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, 1

of-talu

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Add: Cf. tellan ; IV

of-þanc

(n.)
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envy Ofþanc inuidia, Angl. xxxii. 513, 6

Linked entry: æf-þanc

of-þyncan

Grammar
of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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Ðý lǽs . . . him hefiglíce ofðynce ðæs ðe hié sealdon, Past. 321, 19. <b>I b</b> :-- Ne bið God nǽfre bepéht, ne him nǽfre ne ofþincð ꝥ, ꝥ hé ǽr tó rǽde geþóhte, Angl. vii. 34, 317. Þæt eów ofðince eówer gedwyld, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 8. <b

of-wítan

(v.)
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Cf. æt-, -wítan. (?)

Linked entry: wítan

of-dæl

(adj.)
Grammar
of-dæl, adj.

Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior

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Tending downwards, inclined to anything inferior Hit biþ ámerred mid ðám lǽnum gódum forðam hit biþ ofdælre ðǽrtó it is led astray by the transitory goods, because it is more inclined to them; ad falsa devius error abducit, Bt. 24, 2; Fox 82, 2. Similar

Linked entry: æf-dæl

of-eode

Similar entry: of-gán

of-fyllan

Similar entry: of-fillan

of-gerád

(adj.)
Grammar
of-gerád, adj.

Appropriate

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Appropriate Ðeáh ic hwílum gecoplíce funde, ic nú wépende ofgeradra worda misfó, Bt. 2; Fox 2, 9

Linked entry: ge-rád

of-hagian

(v.)

to be inconvenient

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to be inconvenient Gif his scrifte ofhagie, séce man tó ðam leódbiscope, Wulfst. 275, 5

of-leógan

(v.)

to lie, be false

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to lie, be false Ða ælþeódgan bearn mé oflugon filii alieni mentiti sunt mihi Ps. Th. 17, 43

of-munan

(v.)

to recall to mind, recollect

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to recall to mind, recollect Ðonne hé hit eft ofman æfter lytlam fæce cum post paululum haec ipsa ad memoriam revocant Past. 33, 7; Swt. 225, 19. Ne ofman hé nǽfre nánwuht forðæm nǽfre náuht hé ne forgeat he never recalls anything, for he never forgot

of-sceacan

(v.)

to shudder, shake with fear

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to shudder, shake with fear Ofscóc exhorruit Hpt. Gl. 504, 10

of-sendan

(v.)

to reach by sending, send for, summon

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to reach by sending, send for, summon Ofsænd se cyng Godwine eorl the king sent for earl Godwin Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 7. Ðá sende se cyng æfter ðám scypon ðe hé ofsendan mihte the king sent after the ships that his summons could reach 1049; Erl. 172,

of-setenness

(n.)
Grammar
of-setenness, e; f.

Siege

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Siege Ofsetenesse obsidione Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 13

Linked entry: -setenness

of-smorian

(v.)

to choke, strangle, suffocate

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to choke, strangle, suffocate Hiene ofsmorode his ealdor-mon dolo comitis sui strangulatus, Ors. 6, 36; Swt. 294, 9. Mid ðæm brǽþe ofsmorod (suffocatus), 6, 32; Swt. 288, 2

of-sníðan

(v.)

to kill by cutting, to slaughter

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to kill by cutting, to slaughter (an animal) Ðæt lamb ðe se ealda Israhel ofsnáð, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 28: Gen. 22, 13. Ðá námon hig ân biccen and ofsnidon hit, 37, 31. Swilce se sunu wǽre geoffrod and se ramm ofsniden, Homl. Th. ii. 62, 27

Linked entry: sníðan

of-sprǽc

(n.)
Grammar
of-sprǽc, e; f.

An outspeaking, utterance

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An outspeaking, utterance Gydde i ofsprǽce elogio, textu, locutione, Hpt. Gl. 460, 65