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  • Ðonne þú candelbryd habban wille, ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete hý eclinga mid þínre swí[þ]ran,

      Tech. ii. 120, 23.
to oppress.
the agent a person,
of physical ill-treatment
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  • Hí his ǽrran wunda mid wundum ofsettan,

      Hml. S. 37, 165.
of harsh dealing
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  • Leáse wítegan ofsettað þá geleáffullan,

      Hml. Th. ii. 404, 32.

  • Helpað ofsettum, and steópcildum démað

    subvenite oppresso, judicate pupillo,

      322, 8.
the agent a thing.
material,
to overwhelm, crush
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  • Gelíce hí wurdon mid þám fýrenum flánum ofscotene, gelíce mid þǽra crístenra wǽpnum hindan ofsette (cf. on-settan),

      Hml. Th. i. 506, 2.

  • Scytum ofsette

    (sagittarum) ictibus obrutos,

      An. Ox. 3091.
non-material, illness, fear, &c.
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  • Ofsett eorðlice onwunung andgyt fela þencendne

    deprimit terrena inhabitatio sensum multa cogitantem,

      Scint. 138, 16.

  • Hé wæs ofseted and geswænced mid hefigre mettrumnesse his líchaman

    qui cum gravi molestia corporis fuisset depressus,

      Gr. D. 298, 3.

  • Hé is nú mid ylde ofsett,

      Hml. Th. i. 614, 20.

  • Wurdon hí ealle mid ógan ofsette,

      Hml. S. 23, 231.
  • ¶ of demoniacal possession :-- Heó aflýgde þá fúlan deófla fram ofsættum mannum, Hml. S. 2, 132.

  • Ofsettum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 346, 33 : i. 344, 29.

  • Þá deóflu be eówere hǽse þá ofsettan deófolseócan forléton,

      64, 26.
glossing
exponere
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  • Ne bið ofsettet

    non exponitur,

      Jn. p. 2, 5.
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[v. N. E. D. of-set.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “of-settan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/56365.

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