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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Ordren], v. to arrange, rank, SD; i-ordret, pp., S.

[ Ore], sb. oar, S; are, MD; ayr, B; ores, pl., S.—AS. ár.

[ 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. ὄργανον.

[ Orgeilus], adj. proud, S, SD; orgillous, Sh.—OF. orgueilleus (Bartsch).