A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Obseruance], sb. homage, C, S3; obseruances, pl., attentions, C2.—OF. observance (Cotg.).

[ Obserue], v. to favour, C2.—OF. observer; Lat. obseruare.

[ Obumbrat], pp. overshadowed, S3.—Lat. obumbratus.

[ Oc], conj. but, S, HD; occ, S; see [Ac].

[ Occean], sb. ocean, S2; occian, SD, W2; occyan, WA, HD.—AF. occyane; Late Lat. occeanus; Lat. oceanus: Gr. ὠκεανός.

[ Occident], sb. West, S2, S3, C3.—AF. occident; Lat. occidentem, pr. p. of occidere, to set (of the sun).

[ Occupy], v. to make use of, employ, possess, S3, C2, PP, B.—OF. occuper; Lat. occupare, see SkD.

[ Odde], adj. odd, single, S2, SD.—Cp. Icel. oddi, point of land, odd number. See [Ord].

[ Oerre], sb. anger, S. See [Eorre].

[ Of], prep. and adv. of, out of, from, by, off, S, S2, C2, C3, WW; o, S, S2, H; off, SkD; a, S2, PP, S3.—AS. of: Goth. af: OHG. aba (Tatian): Gr. ἀπό; see Sievers, 51, 130.