Obediencer, sb. an officer in a monastery, PP.—­Church Lat. obedientiarius (Ducange).

Obeisant, adj. obedient, C2; obeysand, B.—­OF. obeA-ssant, pr. p. of obeA-r.

Obeisaunce, sb. obedience, C, C2; obeisances, pl.. submissive acts, C2.—­AF. obeA-saunce.

Obeiss, v. to obey, B; obeischen, S2, W; obeschynge, pr. p., W.—­From OF. obeA-ss- stem of obeA-ssant, pr. p. of obeA-r.

Obeley, sb. oblation, oblata, Voc.; see Oble.

Obeye, v. to obey, W, C2; obeiede, pt. s., W.—­OF. obeier, for obeA-r; Lat. obedire.

Oble, sb. oblation; obles, pl., oblationes, H.—­OF. oble, Lat. oblatum; cp.  OF. oblee (now oublie); Church Lat. oblata (Ducange).  Cf. Ouelete.

Oblischen, v. to bind, W2; oblyse, JD; oblyste, pp., S3; oblysched, HD; oblisched, HD; oblyshed, HD,—­AF. obliger; Lat. obligare.

Obout, adv. about, S2; see Abouten.

Obout-ga, v. to go about, S2.

O-brode, adv. abroad, P; see Abrode.

Obseruance, sb. homage, C, S3; obseruances, pl., attentions, C2.—­OF. observance (Cotg.).

Obserue, v. to favour, C2.—­OF. observer; Lat. obseruare.

Obumbrat, pp. overshadowed, S3.—­Lat obumbratus.

Oc, conj. but, S, HD; occ, S; see Ac.

Occean, sb. ocean, S2; occian, SD, W2; occyan, WA, HD.—­AF. occyane; Late Lat. occeanus; Lat. oceanus:  Gr. [Greek:  okeanos].

Occident, sb.  West, S2, S3, C3.—­AF. occident; Lat. occidentem, pr. p. of occidere, to set (of the sun).

Occupy, v. to make use of, employ, possess, S3, C2, PP, B.—­OF. occuper; Lat. occupare, see SkD.

Odde, adj. odd, single, S2, SD.—­Cp.  Icel. oddi, point of land, odd number.  See Ord.

Oerre, sb. anger, S. See Eorre.

Of, prep, and adv. of, out of, from, by, off, S, S2, C2, C3, WW; o, S, S2, H; off, SkD; a, S2, PP, S3.—­AS. of:  Goth, af: OHG. aba (Tatian):  Gr. [Greek:  apo]; see Sievers, 51, 130.

Of though, H (Ps. 125. 1), WA.—­For ME. A3/4of.  See A3/4o3*.

Of-dreden, v. to frighten; reflex. to dread greatly, S; of-drade, S; of-dradde, pt. s., S; of-drad, pp., S; of-dred, S; of-dret, S2.—­AS. of-drA|dan.  Cf. A-drad (A- 3).