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of-áxian

  • verb [ weak ]
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of-áxian, -ácsian; p. ode
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  • Ðá hé ofáxode (

    didicisset

    )

    hwæt his suna him dydon,

    • Gen. 9, 24: Chart. Th. 340, 27.
  • Hé his bróðor slege ofáxode,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 358, 5.
  • Hé ofáxode æt ðám láreówum, ðæt Cristes þeówdóm ne sceal beón geneádod,

    • 130, 14.
  • ofácsode (

    suspicabatur

    )

    ðæt hé hæfde ǽrendo,

    • Bd. 4, 1
    • ;
    • S. 564, 48 note.
  • Hit wearþ gecweden, ðæt man ofáxode on eallum his ríce, gif ǽnig mǽden mihte beón áfunden swá wlitiges hiwes,

    • Anglia ix. 29, 71.
  • Ic ðé bidde ðæt ðú ofáxie ða næglas,

    • H. R. 15, 23.
  • Ðá sænde hé his móder tó Hierusalem, tó ðam ðæt hió ðǽr ofáxian scolde ða hálgan róde,

    • 7, 4.
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