A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Odame, _sb._ == brother-in-law. Alys. 2081. See v. 2349. AS. áðum. N. H.
G. eidam
Odwite, _sb._ == reproach. O. and N. 1231. AS. edwít, oðwítan
Of. O. and N. 9, 11
---- == on account of. O. and N. 40
Ofbore, _v. n._ == forbear. O. and N. 408
Ofchamed, _part._ == ashamed. O. and N. 932. AS. of-sceamian
Ofdawen, _v. n._ == recover one’s senses. Alys. 2265
Ofdrad, _part._ == afraid. O. and N. 1141
Oferen, _v. a._ == terrify. O. and N. 976. part. ‘oferd.’ O. and N. 399.
AS. offǽred, affrighted
Off, _adv._ [of.] Pol. S. 188
Offer, _v. a._ RG. 545
Offering, _sb._ == donation. RG. 545; oblation. Alys. 6163
Office, _sb._ == duty. RG. 468
Offspring, _sb._ RG. 9
Ofgo, _v. a._ == overtake. 52 B.
Ofgrede, _v. a._ == call to. Alys. 581
Ofken, _v. a._ == bring forth (a child). Rel. S. iv. 42
Ofligge, _v. n._ == lie by, or on. O. and N. 1503
Oflonged, _part._ == oppressed with longing. O. and N. 1585
Ofscape, _v. a._ == escape. RG. 398
---- _v. n._ == escape. RG. 570
Ofsee, _v. a._ == see. pret. ‘of-sygh.’ Alys. 6060. AS. of-seón
Ofseek, _v. a._ == seek out. Miracles, 87
Ofsend, _v. a._ == send for. Alys. 1006, 1912
Ofserve, _v. a._ == observe. RG. 265
Ofslahe, _part._ == slain. O. and N. 1609
Ofspeak, _v. a._ == speak of, part. ‘ofspoke.’ Alys. 6518
Ofswink, _v. a._ == fatigue. RG. 40
Oft, _adj._ == frequent. RG. 264; comp. oter. RG. ibid.
---- _adv._ RG. 443
Oftake, _v. a._ == overtake. 53 B. 409 β
Ofthink, _v. a._ used impersonally == to repent of. ‘hem of-thouȝte here
prute.’ RG. 163. AS. of-þincan
---- _v. a._ == think of, consider. Rel. S. v. 2
Oftoned, _part._ == made angry. O. and N. 254. AS. teonan
Ogaine, == again. For words compounded with ‘ogaine,’ see under Again
Oh, Ohen. See Owe
Oil, _sb._ RG. 13; [oli]. Ps. xxii. 5; [ely]. Marg. 60
Ointment, _sb._ Judas 126
Ok, == eke, also. HD. 1081
Ok. See Ache
Ok, == ac, but. Pol. S. 205
Okir, _sb._ == usury. Ps. xiv. 5. ON. okr. from auka, to increase
Oknes, == on knees. HD. 2252
Old, _adj._ RG. 474
Oli. See Oil
Olifaunt. See Elephant
Olive, _sb._ RG. 193
Olive, _adv._ == on, or in life, alive. HD. 2865. RG. 81
Oliver, _sb._ == olive. Alys. 5785
Oloft, _adv._ == aloft; lit. in the air. Ps. lxxiv. 8
On. See Owe
On, _prep._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 22, 38
Onan, _adv._ == anon. Ps. civ. 11
Onde, _sb._ == spite. RG. 40. AS. anda
Onde, _sb._ == breath. Alys. 3501. ON. anda
Ondi ? Body and Soul, 103
One, == the numeral. RG. 523. acc. s. ‘anne.’ O. and N. 792
---- == a certain person. RG. 289
---- == alone, single. Wright’s L. P. p. 81
Onelote, _sb._ == offering, or sacrifice. Ps. xxxix. 7; l. 21. Probably a
corruption of AS. ‘of-lete’
Oneness, _sb._ == unity. Creed of St Athan. 11
Ones, _adv._ == of one kind. O. and N. 1393
Onfang, _v. a._ == conceive (of a woman); pret. ‘onfogh.’ Ps. l. 7. part.
‘onfanged.’ Id. ibid.
Onfrest, _v. a._ == delay. HD. 1337. AS. fyrst
Ongrede, _v. a._ == lament. O. and N. 1586
Onhede, _sb._ == unity. Creed of St Athan. 72
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