A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

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A Concise Dictionary of Middle English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 648 pages of information about A Concise Dictionary of Middle English.

Opye, sb. opium, C, CM.—­OF. opie; Lat. opium; Gr. [Greek:  A cubed*pion], poppy-juice, from [Greek:  opA cubed*s], sap.

Or, pron. your, S2; ore, S2; see 3*oure.

Or, prep., conj, adv. before. Comb.:  or ever, WW.  See Er.

Or, conj. or, S; see OA deg.er.

Or-, prefix, out, without, excessive.—­AS. or-:  OHG. ur- (Tatian):  Goth. us-.  Cf. A- I*.

Oratorye, sb. a place for prayer, C.—­OF. oratoire; Lat. oratorium (Vulg.).

Orche3*ard, sb. orchard, S3; orchA|rd, SD; orchard, Voc.—­AS. orcerd (Voc.), ort-geard, (BT):  Goth. aurtigards; see Fick, 7. 35.

Ord, sb. point, beginning, S, HD, C2; orde, dat., S.—­AS. ord (Voc.); cp.  OHG. ort, a point, limit, district, Icel. oddr, ‘cuspis;’ see Kluge.

Ordal, sb. ordeal, a severe test before judge, CM, SkD.—­AS. or-dA(C)l, OS. ur-dA(C)li; cp.  OHG. ur-deili, ‘judicium’ (Otfrid). (Or-.)

Ordeynen, v. to ordain, appoint, S2, PP; ordayny, S2; ordand, pt. s., S3; ordeigned, P; ordaynt, pp., S2; i-*ordeyned, S2.—­AF. ordeiner, OF. ordener Lat. ordinare.

Ordeynour, sb. arranger, S2.

Ordinance, sb. provision, array, S2.—­AF. ordinance (ordenance).

Ordinatly, adv. in good order, S3.

Ordre, sb. order, PP, C3; ordres, pl., orders (of friars), PP; holy orders, PP.—­AF. ordre; OF. ordene, ordine; Lat. ordinem.

Ordren, v. to arrange, rank, SD; i-*ordret, pp., S.

Ore, sb. oar, S; are, MD; ayr, B; ores, pl., S.—­AS. Air.

Ore, num. dat. fem. one, S; see Oon.

Ore, sb. honour, grace, favour, clemency, happy augury, S, S2, G, CM; see Are.

Ore, sb. ore, Voc.; see Oor.

Ore-les, adj. merciless, S2; oreleas, S; see Areles.

Orest, adj. and adv. superl. first, S; see Er.

Orf, sb. an inheritance, hence, cattle, S, S2.—­Icel. arfr.  See Erfe.

Organ, sb. organ, PP; organs, pl., organum, Voc.; orguns, harps (=_organa_), W2; orgoyns, H.—­Lat. organum; Gr. [Greek:  organon].

Orgeilus, adj. proud, S, SD; orgillous, Sh.—­OF. orgueilleus (Bartsch).

Orgel, sb. pride, SD; orhel, S; orgul, SD.—­AS. orgel; cp.  OF. orguel (Bartsch).  Probably of Teut. origin; cp.  OHG. ur-gilo, excessively, oppressively (Otfrid). (Or-.)

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