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of-sittan

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  • Wæs álýfed þám ealdum mannum þæt hí móston heora fýnd mid stranglicre mihte ofsittan, and mid wǽpne ácwellan,

      Hml. Th. i. 522, 15. II a. Cf. of-settan;
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  • Ðonne ðæt mód dæs fæstendan bið mid ðý irre ofseten

    dum mens abstinentium ab ira se deprimit,

      Past. 313, 23.
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  • Hé út ádráf ðone ealdan feónd of þám ofsetenan men (

    de obsesso homine

    ),
      Gr. D. 135, 6.
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  • Seó gegaderung þára áwyrgedra mé ofsǽton

    consilium malignantium obsedit me,

      Ps. Th. 21, 14.
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  • Ofsittan and fortredan ðá gewilnigendlican lustas,

      Hml. Th. ii. 398, 29.
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[v. N. E. D. of-sit.]
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