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Oroþ

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n. Breath, breathing :-- Oroþ oððe gást flamen, Wrt. Voc. 11. 37, ii: flatus, spiritus, 149, 32: anhela, Rtl. 192, 21. Hé oroþ stundum teáh . . . swá wæs óþ ǽfen oroþ up hlæden, Exon. Th. 178, 17-30; Gú. 1245-1252. Heora oruþ biþ swylce líg ignem et flammam flantes, Nar. 34, 32: Beo. Th. 5107; B. 2557. Orþ spiraculum (cf. lífes orþung spiraculum vitae, Gen. 2, 7), Kent. Gl. 757. Orþas l hfæstes ( = orþes l fnæstes) spiritus, Hpt. Gl. 464, 24: 454, 66. Oreþe aura, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 56: flatu, 38, 9. Wið áttorsceaþan (dragon) oreþe. Beo. Th. 5671; B. 2839. Eallinga gewǽced and ðam orþe be-locen, Glostr. Frag. 102, 13. Hé mid langre swóretunge ðæt orþ of ðam breóstum teáh, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 84, 20. Ðurh áttres oraþ, Salm. Kmbl. 441; Sal. 221. Ðú him on dydest oruþ and sáwul, Hy. Grn. 9, 55. Oroþo anhelae, Rtl. 192, 25. oroþ
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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