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OF-IRNAN -- OF-SETTAN. 741
35. [Gif þu ert ofhungred efter þe swete, A. R. 376, 18: Laym. of&dash-uncertain;fingred: Piers P. afingred.]
of-irnan. I. to overtake (by running) :-- Færþ hé (the evening star) æfter ðære sunnan, óþ hé ofirnþ ða sunnan hindan, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 2. Ðæs wítegan cnapa, Gyezi, ofarn Naaman, Homl. Th. i. 400, 17. [Þe abbed æfter Uortiger rad & sone gon ofærne Uortigerne, Laym. 13149.] II. to tire with running :-- Hé wæs swíðe ofurnen he was very tired with running, Jud. 4. 19.
of-læ-acute;tan. I. to give up, relinquish :-- Gif ðú æ-acute;r ðonne hé worold oflæ-acute;test If you die before him, Beo. Th. 2371; B. 1183. Ðá se ellorgást oflét lífdagas and ðás læ-acute;nan gesceaft, 3248; B. 1622. Líf oflæ-acute;tan, Cd. Th. 65, 28 ; Gen. 1073. [Goth. af-létan ahman to give up the ghost.] II. 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.]
oflæ-acute;te, -láte, -léte, an; f. I. an oblation, offering :-- Oflæ-acute;tan oblationem, Ps. Spl. C. 39, 9. Oflátan oblationes, Ps. Surt. 50, 21. II. a sacramental wafer :-- Eal ðæt tó húsle gebirige, ðæt is, clæ-acute;ne ofléte, clæ-acute;ne wín, and clæ-acute;ne wæter, L. Edg. C. 39; Th. ii. 252, 13. Behealde hé ðæt his oflétan ne beón ealdbacene, L. Ælfc. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 26. Benedictus ásende áne ofelétan, and hét mid ðære mæssian, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 26. III. a wafer like the sacramental wafer :-- Man sceal niman . vii. lytle oflæ-acute;tan swylce man mid ofraþ, Lchdm. iii. 42, 3. [Erest þat husel beð ouelete and win, O. E. Homl. ii. 97, 33. Icel. obláta, oblát a sacramental wafer : O. H. Ger. obláta oblatio: Ger. oblate wafer. From Mid. Lat. obl&a-long;ta.]
of-langod; part. Seized with an excessive longing or desire :-- For ðære sibbe hé wearþ oflangod ungemetlíce he was seized with an immense longing on account of the love he bore his father and mother, Homl. Th. ii. 176, l. Oflongad, Exon. Th. 443, 13 ; Kl. 29. [Laym. : 0. and N. of-longed.]
ofláte. v. oflæ-acute;te.
of-lecgan to lay down :-- Eom ic on láme oflegd infixus sum in limo, Ps. Th. 68, l. [Goth. af-lagjan to lay down, put away.]
of-leógan to lie, be false :-- Ða ælþeódgan bearn mé oflugon filii alieni mentiti sunt mihi, Ps. Th. 17, 43.
of-licgan to oppress, to hurt by lying upon :-- Gif hwá on slæ-acute;pe his bearn oflicge ðæt hit deád wurðe si quis in somno infantem suum oppres&dash-uncertain;serit, et mortuus sit, L. M. I. P. 41; Th. ii. 276, 10.
of-lícian to displease, be displeasing :-- Gode swýðe oflícaþ heora ceorung, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 240. Swá hwæt swá him oflícaþ ðeáh hit hálig sý hié hit læ-acute;taþ unálýfed whatever they do not like, though it be holy, they profess that it is not permitted, R. Ben. 9, 19. Ðá oflícode mé þearle ðæt ic eft tó ðam líchaman sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 10. Gif hwam seó lár oflícige, 216, 23.
of-linnan 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. [Goth. af-linnan discedere.]
of-lysted, -lyst; part. Possessed with a very strong desire, very desirous for (with gen. of object) :-- Eubolus wearð swá mycclum oflyst Basilies láre, ðæt him ne lyste nánes metes, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 42 : Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 23. Ðá wæs ðes man swíðe oflyst ðæs Hæ-acute;lendes tó&dash-uncertain;cymes, Homl. Th. i. 136, 6. Þeód wæs oflysted metes, Andr. Kmbl. 2226; An. 1114: 2454; An. 1228. Ðá wæs hé swýðe oflysted ðæt hé ðæs eádigan weres blód águte he was possessed with a very strong desire to shed the holy man's blood, Guthl. 7 ; Gdwin. 44, 22. Ða ðe sind oflyste rihtwísnysse, Homl. Th. i. 204, 1 : Exon. Th. 464, 3; Hö. 81. [Oflust æfter deores flæsce, Laym. 30554.]
of-manian to exact a fine or due :-- Ofmanige se bisceop ða bóte tó ðæs cynges handa, L. Edg. ii. 3; Th. i. 266, 19, note.
of-munan 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 næ-acute;fre nánwuht forðæm næ-acute;fre náuht hé ne forgeat he never recalls anything, for he never forgot anything, Bt. 42 ; Fox 356, 30. Ic wát æác ðæt ic hyt hæfde swá cléne forgeten ðæt ic hyt næ-acute;fre eft ne ofmunde I know too that I should have so clean forgotten it, that I should have never again recalled it, Shrn. 198, 4.
of-myrðrian to murder :-- Men hine ofmyrðrodon, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 7.
ofn. v. ofen.
of-neádian to obtain by force, extort :-- Nú cýdde man mé ðet Æþel&dash-uncertain;wold and ic sceoldon ofneádian ða bóc æt Leófríce I have been informed that Athelwold and I must have obtained the charter from Leofric by force, Chart. Th. 295, 32. [O. Frs. of-néda : cf. Ger. ab-nöthigen.]
ofnet a closed vessel :-- Geseóþ ofnete seethe in a closed vessel (vasculo clauso vel operto), Lchdm. ii. 30, 24.
of-niman to fail :-- Be ðam ðe him his spræ-acute;c ofnimþ de eo cui sermo deficit, L. Ecg. P. i. tit. 3; Th. ii. 170, 6. [Ger. ab-nehmen to decrease, wane.]
ófost, ófest, ófst, e; f. Haste, speed :-- Ófost is sélost tó gecýðanne hwanon eówer cyme sý the quicker you make known where you come from the better, Beo. Th. 518; B. 256: 6007 ; B. 3007. Ófest, Cd. Th. 196, 18; Exod. 293. Ófst and hradung, R. Ben. 3, 11. Swá hwylc preóst swá wyrne (refuses to baptize a man) for ófste his fóre qui&dash-uncertain;cunque presbyter festinandi itineris sui causa deneget, L. Ecg. C. 6 ; Th. ii. 138, 21. Se cnapa hit mid ófste gegearcode puer festinavit et coxit illum, Gen. 18, 7. Mid ófste (oefeste, Lind.) cum festinatione, Mk. Skt. 6, 15 : Lk. Skt. l, 39 : Jn. Skt. ll, 31. Wé secgaþ nú mid ófste ðás endebirdnisse, for ðan ðe wé oft habbaþ ymbe ðis áwriten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 30. Ðeós worald is on ófste this world is hurrying on (to its end), Wulfst. 156, 5: Cd. Th. 191, 32; Exod. 223. Beó ðú on ófeste hasten, Beo. Th. 777; B. 386. On ófoste, 5487; B. 2747. Þorh ófst per anticipationem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 116, 77. Ófestum hastily, Cd. Th. 140, 32; Gen. 2336. Ófestum miclum, 177, 15; Gen. 2930. Ófstum, 153, 8 ; Gen. 2535 : 161, 29 ; Gen. 2672. [Laym, ovest.]
ófostlíce; adv. Hastily, speedily, in haste :-- Hé stóp ófostlíce tó&dash-uncertain;foran ðam biscope and feól tó his fótum festinus accedens ante pedes episcopi conruit, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 36. Ongan ófostlíce ðæt hof wyrc&dash-uncertain;an. Cd. Th. 79, 24; Gen. 1316. Gewít ðú ófestlíce féran, 172, 24; Gen. 2849. Mé ófestlíce gehýr velociter exaudi me, Ps. Th. 101, 2. Ófstlíce cursim, velociter, Hpt. Gl. 446, 48. Éfstende wé sceolon etan úre eásterlícan blisse, and ófstlíce wé sceolon Godes bebodu healdan, Anglia viii. 323, 36: Cd. Th. 150, 6; Gen. 2487. Ófostlícor, Exon. Th. 17, 18 ; Cri. 272. [O. Sax. óbast-, ófst-líko.]
of-rídan to overtake by riding, overtake :-- Éfstaþ ardlíce and gé hig ofrídaþ persequimini cito, et comprehenditis eos, Jos. 2, 5. Abram éfste wið ðæs heres óþ ðæt hé hig ofrád, Gen. 14, 14. Se cyng hét rídan æfter, and ne mehte hine mon ofrídan, Chr. 901; Erl. 98, l: 877 ; Erl. 78, 21. v. of-faran.
of-sacan to deny a charge :-- Gif hwá ofsacan wille, dó ðæt mid eahta and feówertig fulborenra þegena, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 228, 3. [I ne mai hit no&yogh;t ofsake, P. L. S. 15, 60. Cf. Icel. af-saka to exculpate.]
of-sceacan to shudder, shake with fear :-- Ofscóc exhorruit, Hpt. Gl. 504, 10.
of-sceamian to put to shame :-- Gif ðú ðé ofsceamian (onsceamian, MS. Cott. ) wilt ðínes gedwolan, Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, 16. Hé wearþ of&dash-uncertain;sceamod, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 214. Se drý stód eádmód and ofsceamod the sorcerer stood humble and ashamed, Homl. ii. 416, 30. Hí gecyrdon him hám hearde ofsceamode, 518, 31. [0. and N. of-schomed: R. Glouc. of-ssamed.]
of-sceótan. I. to wound or kill by shooting an arrow or by hurling a weapon :-- Wulfstán ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát, Byrht. Th. 134, 1; By. 77. Hæ-acute;þcyn his mæ-acute;g ofscét blódigan gáre. Beo. Th. 4870; B. 2439. Hé hiene ne meahte ofsceótan mid ðæm bismere quem commovere in ipsa contumeliarum jaculatione non potuit, Past. 33, 7 ; Swt. 227, 9. Hé mid geæ-acute;ttrode fláne hine ofsceótan wolde, Homl. Th. i. 502, 18. Hé wearð ofscoten mid ánre fláne sagitta ictus interiit, Ors. 1, 2 ; Swt. 30, 13. Ðæ-acute;r wearð Leostenas mid ánre flán ofscoten ibi Leosthenes telo e muris jacto perfossus occiditur, 3, 11; Swt. 144, 27. Mid fýrenum flánum ofscotene (ofsceotene, 7), Homl. Th. i. 506,1. II. Ofscoten elf-shot, diseased from an elf's shot, Lchdm. ii. 156, 25: 290, 21. The disease consists in an over-distension of an animal's stomach from the swelling up of clover and grass, when eaten with the morning dew on it. See the Glossary and Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary elf-shot, v. next word.
of-scotian to shoot, wound or kill with an arrow, spear, etc. :-- Hé hét hine mid stræ-acute;lum ofscotian, ðæt hé wæs ðara swá full swá igl biþ byrsta, Shrn. 55, 8. Ne ofsleá hine nán man mid his handa ac sí hé mid stánum oftirfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur aut confodietur jaculis, Ex. 19, 13. Mid flánum ofscotod and mid stánum oftorfod sagittis, saxis contriti, Ors. 4, 11 ; Swt. 206, 14. v. preceding word.
of-sendan 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, 39. [Heo him radden ðat he ofsende magan, Laym. 15748. Þis kyng ys kny&yogh;tes let ofsende, R. Glouc. 122, 21.] v. of-faran.
of-seón to see, observe :-- Ðá ofseah hig Godes engel cum invenisset eam angelus Domini, Gen. 16, 7. Ðá ofseah hé æ-acute;nne geongne man, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545. Se hálga wer oferseah ealne middaneard, and ofseah læ-acute;dan ánes biscopes sáwle tó heofenum, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 30. Se apostol ofseah hwæ-acute;r sum úþwita læ-acute;dde twegen gebróðru, i. 60, 22. Ofsión, Met. 21, 38.
of-setenness, e ; f. Siege :-- Ofsetenesse obsidione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 13. v. of-sittan.
of-settan to beset, press hard, oppress :-- Hé hig ofsette and geswenct he oppressed and afflicted them; servierunt ei, Jud. 3, 8. Fearras fæ-acute;tt ofsetton &l-bar; ymbsæ-acute;ton (obsederunt) mé, Ps. Lamb. 21, 13. Feónd úrne ofsete (comprime). Hymn. Surt. 11, 33. Mid untrumnesse oððe bysegum ofset, R. Ben. 58, 15: 59, 3. Mid weorces geswince ofsette, 63, 17: Homl. Th. ii. 120, 8. Se ðe on wræcsít gesihþ mid micelum gyltum