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oð (Goth. und, O.H.G. unt, unz): 1) prep. w. acc., to, till, up to, only temporal: oð þone ānne dæg, 2400; oð dōmes dæg, 3070; ō woruld-ende, 3084.—2) oð þæt, conj. w. depend, indicative clause, till, until, 9, 56, 66, 100, 145. 219, 296, 307, etc.

ōðer (Goth. anþar), num.: 1) one or other of two, a second, = alter: nom. sg. subs.: se ōðer, 2062; ōðer(one i.e. of my blood-relations, Hæðcyn and Hygelāc), 2482; ōðer... ōðer (the one... the other), 1350-1352. Adj.: ōðer... mihtig mān-sceaða (the second mighty, fell foe, referring to 1350, 1339; se ōðer... hæle, 1816; fem. niht ōðer, 2118; neut. ōðer geār (the next, second, year), 1134; acc. sg. m. ōðerne, 653, 1861, 2441, 2485; þenden rēafode rinc ōðerne(whilst one warrior robbed the other, i.e. Eofor robbed Ongenþēow), 2986; neut. ōðer swylc(another such, an equal number), 1584; instr. sg. ōðre sīðe (for the second time, again), 2671, 3102; dat. sg. ōðrum, 815, 1030, 1166, 1229, 1472, 2168, 2172, etc.; gen. sg. m. ōðres dōgores, 219, 606; neut. ōðres, 1875.—2) another, a different one, = alius: nom. sg., subs. ōðer, 1756; ōðer nǣnig (no other), 860. Adj.: ǣnig ōðer man, 503, 534; so, 1561; ōðer in (a different house or room), 1301; acc. sg. ōðer flet, 1087; gen. sg. ōðres... yrfe-weardes, 2452; acc. pl. ealo drincende ōðer sǣdan (ale drinkers said other things), 1946; acc. pl. neut. word ōðer, 871.

ōfer, st. m., shore: dat. sg. on ōfre, 1372.

ofost, st. f., haste: nom. sg. ofost is sēlest tō gecȳðanne (haste is best to make known, best to say at once), 256; so, 3008; dat. sg. bēo þū on ofeste (ofoste) (be in haste, hasten), 386, 2748; on ofste, 1293; on ofoste, 2784, 3091.

ofost-līce, adv., in haste, speedily, 3131.

ō-hwǣr, adv., anywhere, 1738, 2871.

ōmig, adj., rusty: nom. sg., 2764; nom. pl. ōmige, 3050.

ōr, st. n., beginning, origin; front: nom. sg., 1689; acc. sg., 2408; dat. sg. on ōre, 1042.

ō-wiht, anything, aught: instr. sg. ō-wihte (in any way), 1823, 2433.

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