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▪ I. † offe, n. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. offa bite, bit, morsel.]
A small piece, morsel, crumb. Hence † offe v. trans. to break into bits, to crumble.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 688 Half a stryke Of barly mele, enoyled offed lyte, In dayes thries x, let make hem slyke And faat ynough, so that theyr appetite Be seruyd wel, and that non offis [v.r. offes] white Englame vppon the rootes of theyr tonge.
▪ II. † offe, adv. and prep. Obs.
Also 3 oue.
[An early ME. deriv. form from of, on the analogy of inne, ute, oute, uppe: used advb. and at end of a clause.]
A. adv. = off.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 29 Ȝif þin hefet were offe. c1200Ormin 14032 To wasshenn offe þeȝȝre lic. a1225Ancr. R. 150 Hwonne þeos rinde is offe..hwiteð hit wiðuten.
B. prep. = of (following relative pron.: cf. inne prep. 1 β.).
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 93 Þat holie gestninge þe he offe specð. c1200Ormin 462 Þiss gode prest, Þatt we nu mælenn offe. Ibid. 4097 Amang þatt Judewisshe follc Þatt Crist wass borenn offe. c1275Lay. 451 Þat we beoþ oue [c 1205 of] icomen.
▪ III. offe
obs. form of woof. |