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orpung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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orpung, e; f. I.
breathing, breath
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  • Ðæra dracena orþung ácwealde ðæt earme mennisc, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 6.

    Syllaba

    is stæfgefég on ánre orþunge geendod,
      Ælfc. Gr. 3; Som. 3, 13.
  • Of orþunga gástes graman ðínes

    ab inspiratione spiritus irae tuae,

      Ps. Spl. 17, 18.
  • Nán mann ne nýten næfþ náne orþuage búton þurh ða lyfte,

      Lchdm. iii. 272, 22.
  • Óþ ða nýhstan orþuncge

    until his latest breath,

      L. /Elf. E. 4; Th. ii. 392, 10.
  • God on ábleów on hys ansíne lífes orþunge

    (spiraculum vitae),

      Gen. 2, 7.
a breathing-hole (? cf. preceding passage),
a pore
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  • Orþung spiramentum vel

    porus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 67.
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v. on-orþung.
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