Orped

Old English Dictionary Entry

Orped

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 371, v.

Definitions

1 orped

adj. Grown up, of full strength, stout, active, bold :-- orpeda cleric, gif ðú wylle witan ða terminos ðe wé ymbe sprǽcon, wite hwylc gér hyt sý ðæs mónan ðæt man hǽt lunaris, Anglia viii. 325, 5. Swá gedafenaþ esnum ðam orpedan, ðonne hé gód weorc ongynþ, ðæt hé ðæt geornlíce beswynce, 324, 17. Orped[n]e, snellne adultum, Hpt. Gl. 485, 25. [Orpud audax, bellipotens, Promp. Parnote for other examples of the word, Þe guode kniȝt and orped, þet heþ guod herte and hardi. Ayenb. 183, 6. Jamieson gives orpit proud.]

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚱᛈᛖᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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