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▪ I. † o, oo, numeral a. Obs.
The reduced form of ôn, oon [:—OE. án], one, used in ME., southern and midl., before a consonant. The earlier form was a (which also continued in the north): see a adj.1 and one.
[c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 39 Ure drihten drof fele deules togedere ut of a man.] c1205Lay. 3660 Ȝef o man hit wille breke. a1225Ancr. R. 308 Þet o man beo uor one þinge twien idemed. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 96 At oo ȝeris ende whan ȝe reken schul. c1386Chaucer Merch. T. 91 O [v.r. Oo] flessh they been, and o flessh as I gesse Hath but oon [v.r. on] herte, in wele and in distresse. c1425Seven Sag. (P.) 2807 O day a town he fande. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon iii. 113 He rood soo longe oo daye after a nother. Ibid. vi. 146 Reynawde..drew hym a lityll atte oo side.
▪ II. † o, oe, v. Obs. rare.
Pa. pple. oed.
[f. O n.1 2 b.]
trans. To spangle, to decorate with small circular disks of tinsel.
1627–77Feltham Resolves i. xx. 36 Divinity..will cast a far more radiant lustre,..than the Stage presents us with, though oe'd and spangled in their gawdiest tyre.
▪ III. † o, oo, adv. Obs.
Forms: (1–3 a), 3–5 o, oo, (4–5 ho).
[The form taken regularly in ME. by OE. á, which remained in the north, till both forms were replaced by the cognate ay from Norse. See a adv. and ay.]
Ay, ever, always.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 7 Witeð ȝe..into þat eche fir on helle and wunieð þar ô and ô abuten ende. c1250Gen. & Ex. 111 Ful o life ðe lested oo. c1325Deo Gracias 4 in E.E.P. (1862) 128 Leeue me wel hit lasteþ o. c1420Chron. Vilod. st. 503 Dwelle þu shalt þere for evere and ho. a1425Cursor M. 19091 (Trin.) Of oure eldres þat han bene o [earlier MSS. a, aa]. a1500Chester Pl. xiii. 463 A! lord, honored be thou oo, That us hath saved from muche woe.
▪ IV. o, o', prep.1|əʊ, ə|
[Worn down or apocopate form of on prep., used in ME. before a consonant; sometimes also, in mod. dial., before a vowel: cf. a prep.1]
= on prep., in its various senses and uses; in early use including ‘in’. †a. in ME.
The ME. literary use appears to have ceased c 1400.
a1200Moral Ode 27 Al to loma ich habbe igult a werke and o worde. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 67 Ete nu leinte mete, and enes o dai. a1225Ancr. R. 212 Biholdeð o luft & asquint. c1230Hali Meid. 17 Leccherie o meidenhad..weorreð o þis wise. a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 189 Ase [he] stod o rode. a1240Sawles Warde ibid. 249 Lest sum for-truste him, ant feole o slepe. a1300Cursor M. 6749 (Cott.) If..þe dede be don o night [Fairf. on niȝt]. Ibid. 28861 Criand o crist wit-vten steuen. a1340Hampole Psalter i. 1 Pestilens is an euyl rechand o lenght and bred. c1400Mandeville (1839) xxvi. 269 Of suche Lyouns as ben o this half. c1400Destr. Troy 3145 O nowise may we wyn þat woman to gete. a1400–50Alexander 4055 Neuire to dee..bot euire dure o lyue.
†b. In ME., frequently joined in writing to the following word, or hyphened to it by editors. Obs.
In early times this was esp. the case when it was followed by þe, þis, þat, or by words with which it combined to form an adv. or quasi-adv., now usually formed with a-, as o-bak, o-bout, o-boven, o-drey, o-ferre, o-length, o-live, o-loft, o-lufte, o-slepe, etc. The more important of these will be found as main words, in a- or o-.
c1220Bestiary 673 Oðe wise ðat ic haue ȝie seid. c1300Havelok 2311 That dide [he] hem o-boke swere. Ibid. 2505 The mere..Skabbed and ful iuele o-bone. a1340Hampole Psalter xxv. 1 Depart me fro ille men in body, for we are fere otwyn in soul. Ibid. xxxvii. 12 Þai þat ware biside me stode olenght.
c. In modern Eng., o' is frequent in Shakes. and later dramatists, esp. in o' th' for ‘on the’ (cf. i' th' = in the). It also occurs in some archaic or traditional phrases or collocations, and dialectally.
In o' nights, and the like, though representing ME. on (on nyȝtes), it is often associated with o' = of (cf. of a night).
1598Shakes. Merry W. i. i. 40 Ha; o' my life, if I were yong againe, the sword should end it. 1600― A.Y.L. iv. i. 48 Cupid hath clapt him oth' shoulder. 1610― Temp. i. i. 43 A poxe o' your throat, you bawling..Dog. 1613― Hen. VIII, v. iv. 71 Mercy o' me. [Cf. Merry W. iii. i. 22, John iv. i. 12.] 1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 283 Whose parts oth stage he lately play'd. 1675Hobbes Odyss. (1677) 154 O'th' tenth at night the gods brought me to land. 1775Sheridan Rivals iii. iii, Tender! ay, and prophane too, o' my conscience. Ibid. iv. iii, Being knocked o' the head by-and-by. 1887A. Birrell Obiter Dicta Ser. ii. 119 He did not always go home o' nights. 1890W. A. Wallace Only a Sister 88 He went to church twice o' Sundays.
d. = a prep.1 10.
1850James Headsman III. vi. 357 O' Heaven's sake, thy glass of kirschwasser!
▪ V. o, o', prep.2|əʊ, ə|
[Worn down or apocopate form of of, used before a cons., and sometimes in dial. before a vowel also: cf. a prep.2]
= of in its various uses. Now Obs. exc. as in b.
In ME. sometimes joined to the following word.
a1300Cursor M. 7116 His wijf fader and moder he gaue O þis hony at ete þe laue. Ibid. 10701 It cums o will. c1400Apol. Loll. 13 Wan it is don onli up on comyn form o lawe. a1400–50Alexander 2898 Ȝit has þe floum, as I fynde, a forelange obrede. c1460Towneley Myst. xii. 292 Iesus onazorus [= of Nazareth]. 1567Gude & Godly Bal. (S.T.S.) 158 Of [ed. 1578 O] pure lufe & meir mercy Myne awin Sone downe I send.
b. In form o', still used dial., colloq., and in some traditional phrases and locutions; esp., What's o' clock? six o' clock; also in John o' Groats, Jack o' lantern, Will o' the wisp, Tom o' Bedlam, etc.
Formerly in many others, as Inns o' Court, man o' war, Isle o' Wight, but in these of is now usually written, even when o' is familiarly pronounced. The contracted form is common in the dramatists in familiar phraseology, and is occasional in modern poets; it is usual in the representation of dialectal or vulgar speech.
1591Shakes. Two Gent. i. ii. 83 Best sing it to the tune of Light O Loue. 1593― 2 Hen. VI, i. i. 186 More like a Souldier then a man o' th' church. 1600― A.Y.L. iii. ii. 318 You should aske me what time o' day. 1610― Temp. i. ii. 123 In lieu o' th' premises. 1676Hobbes Iliad i. 163 The greatest part o' th' gain. 1713S. Pycroft Brief Enq. Free-thinking 26 The two Universities have been constantly traduc'd o' late. 1803Tannahill Soldier's Return 43 Ye hinna the ambition o a moose. 1864Tennyson North. Farmer i. ii, Naw soort o' koind o' use to saäy the things that a do. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. i. 24 Just a spirt O' the proper fiery acid. Ibid. i. 46 The basement-ledge O' the pedestal.
▪ VI. † o, prep.3 Obs.
[Worn down form of oð, OE. oððe, before þ or th: cf. a prep.3]
In the early ME. phr. o that, until that.
c1300Harrow. Hell 128 Thou shalt buen in bondes ay O that come domes day. c1320Cast. Love 152 O þat of hem to weren at-sprong Þe noumbre of þe soule þt fro heuene felle. |