A Concise Dictionary of Middle English Part 155

+Open-lic+, _adj._ open, S2; +openliche+, _adv._, S; +opeliche+, S.--AS.

_openlic_, adv. _openlice_.

+Opposen+, _v._ to question, SkD; +oposyn+, Prompt.; +opposed+, _pt.

s._, PP.--OF. _opposer_; Lat. _ob_ + _pausare_. Cf. +Aposen+.

+Opye+, _sb._ opium, C, CM.--OF. _opie_; Lat. _opium_; Gr. ?p???, poppy-juice, from ?p??, sap.

+Or+, _p.r.o.n._ your, S2; +ore+, S2; see +?oure+.

+Or+, _prep._, _conj._, _adv._ before. _Comb._: +or ever+, WW. See +Er+.

+Or+, _conj._ or, S; see +Oer+.

+Or-+, _prefix_, out, without, excessive.--AS. _or-_: OHG. _ur-_ (Tatian): Goth. _us-_. Cf. +A-+ 1.

+Oratorye+, _sb._ a place for prayer, C.--OF. _oratoire_; Lat.

_oratorium_ (Vulg.).

+Orche?ard+, _sb._ orchard, S3; +orchaerd+, SD; +orchard+, Voc.--AS.

_orcerd_ (Voc.), _ort-geard_, (BT): Goth. _aurtigards_; see Fick, 7. 35.

+Ord+, _sb._ point, beginning, S, HD, C2; +orde+, _dat._, S.--AS. _ord_ (Voc.); cp. OHG. _ort_, a point, limit, district, Icel. _oddr_, 'cuspis;' see Kluge.

+Ordal+, _sb._ ordeal, a severe test before judge, CM, SkD.--AS.

_or-del_, OS. _ur-deli_; cp. OHG. _ur-deili_, 'judicium' (Otfrid).

(+Or-+.)

+Ordeynen+, _v._ to ordain, appoint, S2, PP; +ordayny+, S2; +ordand+, _pt. s._, S3; +ordeigned+, P; +ordaynt+, _pp._, S2; +i-ordeyned+, S2.--AF. _ordeiner_, OF. _ordener_ Lat. _ordinare_.

+Ordeynour+, _sb._ arranger, S2.

+Ordinance+, _sb._ provision, array, S2.--AF. _ordinance_ (_ordenance_).

+Ordinatly+, _adv._ in good order, S3.

+Ordre+, _sb._ order, PP, C3; +ordres+, _pl._, orders (of friars), PP; holy orders, PP.--AF. _ordre_; OF. _ordene_, _ordine_; Lat. _ordinem_.

+Ordren+, _v._ to arrange, rank, SD; +i-ordret+, _pp._, S.

+Ore+, _sb._ oar, S; +are+, MD; +ayr+, B; +ores+, _pl._, S.--AS. _ar_.

+Ore+, _num. dat. fem._ one, S; see +Oon+.

+Ore+, _sb._ honour, grace, favour, clemency, happy augury, S, S2, G, CM; see +Are+.

+Ore+, _sb._ ore, Voc.; see +Oor+.

+Ore-les+, _adj._ merciless, S2; +oreleas+, S; see +Areles+.

+Orest+, _adj._ and _adv. superl._ first, S; see +Er+.

+Orf+, _sb._ an inheritance, hence, cattle, S, S2.--Icel. _arfr_. See +Erfe+.

+Organ+, _sb._ organ, PP; +organs+, _pl._, _organum_, Voc.; +orguns+, harps (= _organa_), W2; +orgoyns+, H.--Lat. _organum_; Gr. ???a???.

+Orgeilus+, _adj._ proud, S, SD; +orgillous+, Sh.--OF. _orgueilleus_ (Bartsch).

+Orgel+, _sb._ pride, SD; +orhel+, S; +orgul+, SD.--AS. _orgel_; cp. OF.

_orguel_ (Bartsch). Probably of Teut. origin; cp. OHG. _ur-gilo_, excessively, oppressively (Otfrid). (+Or-+.)

+Orient+, _sb._ the East, S3, C2.--AF. _orient_ Lat. _orientem_, the rising (sun).

+Orientales+, _sb. pl._ sapphires, P.

+Orisoun+, _sb._ prayer, orison, C, S2; +ureisun+, S; +oreisouns+, _pl._, S2; +orisons+, C3.--AF. _oreison_, (_ur-_), _oraisun_; Church Lat. _orationem_, prayer, from _orare_, to pray.

+Orlege+, _sb._ time-teller, JD; see +Orologe+.

+Orleger+, _sb._ clock, dial, S3; +orlager+, JD. See above.

+Or-mete+, _adj._ immense, S.--AS. _orm?te_.

+Orologe+, _sb._ time-teller, dial, clock, S3; +orloge+, Cath. (_n_); +orlogge+, C, CM; +horologe+, Voc.; +orlege+, JD; +horlege+, Cath., Prompt. (p. 120); +orlage+, Voc.--Lat. _horologium_; Gr. ?????????; cp.

F. _horloge_, Sp. _relox_ (Minsheu).

+Orped+, _adj._ valiant, S2, HD, SD; +orpud+, Prompt.; +orpid+, HD; +orpit+, proud, also fretful, habitually chiding, JD; +horpid+, SD; +horpyd+, HD; +orpede+, HD; used as a descriptive personal name, Bardsley; +horpede+, Bardsley.

+Orpedliche+, _adv._ boldly, SD; +orpedlich+, HD; +orpedli+, SD.

+Orpedschipe+, _sb._ bravery, SD.

+Orpiment+, _sb._ orpiment, C2.--AF. _orpiment_, Late Lat.

_auripigmentum_; Lat. _aurum_, gold + _pigmentum_, colouring material.

+Orpine+, _sb._ a kind of stone-crop, Cath., SkD; yellow a.r.s.enic, HD; +orpyne+, Voc.; +orpin+, _telepinum_, Manip.; +orpyn+, _cra.s.sula major_, Prompt.--OF. _orpin_, orpin; also orpine, orpiment, or a.r.s.enic (Cotg.).

+Orrible+, _adj._ horrible, MD.--OF. _orrible_; Lat. _horribilem_.

+Orrour+, _sb._ horror, dread, W2.--OF. _orreur_ (Bartsch); Lat.

_horrorem_.

+Orts+, _sb. pl._ remnants, Sh.; +ortus+, Prompt.; +ortys+, Cath.--AS.

*_or-?t_, 'reliquiae pabuli'; cp. ODu. _oor-ete_, what is left after eating. (+Or-+.)

+Osse+, _sb._ omen, prophecy, ND.

+Osse+, _v._ to prophesy, HD; +osses+, _pr. s._, WA; +ossed+, _pp._, WA.--OF. _oser_, to venture, to dare; Late Lat. _ausare_ (It. _ausare_), from Lat. _audere_ (pp. _aus-us_).