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In ll.6-7 for 'Orþas . . . 56' substitute
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  • Orþes, fnǽstes

    spiritus,

      An. Ox. 2452.

  • Orþes

    spiritus, 2, 64, and add: — Him (the old man )

    þæt oreð stincð and áfúlað,
      Wlfst. 148, 7.

  • Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan ꝥ níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . in þám breóste ánum fnæs hwylchugu líflic hǽtu þæs oreþes

    cum exfremum spiritum ageret. . , in solo tantummodo pectore vitalis calor anhelabat,

      Gr. D. 324, 15-19.

  • Úre fnǽst áteórað, gif wé áteón ne magon mid úre orðe intó ús ðæt lytt and eft út ábláwan,

      Hex. 8, 19.
Etymology
[Or-oþ from or-óþ. Cf. éþian, and Goth. uz-anan to expire.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “oróþ.” 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/56784.

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