List of Old English Words in the OED/OF

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 * Of ||prp||O.E. of, unstressed form of æf (prep., adv.) "away, away from," - primary sense in O.E. was still "away," but shifted in M.E. with use of the word to translate L. de, ex, and especially O.Fr. de, which had come to be the substitute for the genitive case. "Gyld of Gold"- golden idol.
 * Of-ask ||vb||To inquire, to ask for, to get to learn by enquiry.
 * Off ||.||So as to be no longer supported or attached. 2. so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 3. away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west.  4. away from a path, course, etc.; aside.
 * Of-ask ||vb||To inquire, to ask for, to get to learn by enquiry.
 * Off ||.||So as to be no longer supported or attached. 2. so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 3. away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west.  4. away from a path, course, etc.; aside.
 * Off ||.||So as to be no longer supported or attached. 2. so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 3. away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west.  4. away from a path, course, etc.; aside.
 * Off ||.||So as to be no longer supported or attached. 2. so as to be no longer covering or enclosing: to take a hat off; to take the wrapping off. 3. away from a place: to run off; to look off toward the west.  4. away from a path, course, etc.; aside.
 * Off ||prp||So as no longer to be supported by, attached to, on, resting on, or unified with. 2. deviating from: off balance; off course. 3. below or less than the usual or expected level or standard. 4. percent off the marked price.  5. away, disengaged, or resting from: to be off duty today.
 * Off ||adj||In error; wrong: you are off on that matter. 2. slightly abnormal or not quite sane. 2. not up to standard; not so good or satisfactory as usual; inferior or subnormal: a good play full of off shots.  3. no longer in effect, in operation, or in process: the deal is off.  4. stopped from flowing, as by the closing of a valve: the water is off.  5. informal.  refraining or abstaining from; denying oneself the pleasure, company, practice, etc., of: he's off holidaying.
 * Off ||n||The state or fact of being off. 2. cricket.  the off side.
 * Off ||vb||To go off or away; leave (used imperatively): off, and don't come back! 2. (slang); kill, slay, murder.  3. take away;  remove: off with those muddy boots before you step inside my home!
 * Off ||phr||"Get off on" -
 * Off ||phr||"Get it off" -
 * Off ||phr||"Off with" -
 * Off and on ||phr||Intermitteningly; stopping and starting; fitful or interrupted, as of sleep.
 * Off-beat ||adj||In music, not following the beat, as of an instrument out of cadence. 2. not usual, unusual, unconventional, not ordinary, unconforming.
 * Off-break ||n||The act or result of breaking off. 2. a schism.
 * Off-come ||n||The product of multiplication. 2. the way which one "comes off" or fares in a matter. 3. an excuse, a get-off-way.
 * Off-comer ||n||An outsider, stranger, follower, alien.
 * Offer ||n||OE: ofrian. showing, exhibiting, sacrificing, bringing of an oblation.
 * Offer ||vb||To make or show, exhibit, sacrifice, bring an oblation.
 * Offering ||n||Presentation of something to a deity, a thing so presented.
 * Offget ||vb||To perceive, discern, get, understand.
 * Offhand ||adv||Of speech or action: unpremeditated, at once, straightway. 2. without preparation, as I don't have the details offhand.
 * Offhandedly ||adv||In a manner or way unpremeditated, straightway, unprepared.
 * Offing ||n||The near or foreseeable future, soon to happen, as "look there is rain in the offing." 2. the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; as in the offing; that part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore. 3. coming; arriving in the foreseeable future. 4. visible but not nearby. 5. the horizon, the loom.
 * Offish ||adj||Inclined to keep aloof; distant in manner.
 * Offish-ness ||n||The state or condition of being aloof or stand-offish.
 * Off-island ||n||An island off the shore of a larger iland or continent.
 * Off-key ||adj||Deviating from the correct tune or pitch; out of tune; irregular.
 * Off-line ||adj||Of railways, airways, buses etc.: located or serving a place not on the regular route. 2. of computers: operating independently of, or disconnected from an associated computer.
 * Off-line ||adv||In, or to a more private place, as we should talk about this off-line.
 * Off-load ||vb||To unload. 2. hand to another (a problem or dilemma).
 * Off-put ||vb||To procrastinate, put off, waste time.
 * Off-putting ||adj||Providing uneasiness, dislike, annoyance,or repugnance, disturbing or disagreeable.
 * Off-reckoning ||n||A deduction, formerly in the British Army, a name of a special account between the government and the commanding officers of regiments; in reference to the clothing of the men.
 * Off-set ||n||*********Something that counterbalances, counteracts or compensates for something else; a compensating equivalent. 2. the start, beginning, outset.  3. a short lateral shoot by which certain plants are propagated. 4. an off-shoot or branch of a family or race.
 * Off-set ||vb||To counterbalance, compensate, counteract.
 * Off-shoot ||n||Fig. of a family tree: a descendant. 2. lit. of a plant: a branch, lateral shoot from the main stem. 3. anything conceived as springing from the main stock.
 * Off-shore ||adj||Moving away from shore. 2. located in the sea away from the coast. 3. located in another country, esp. one having benficial tax laws, or a source of an exploitable labour force. 3. having available foreign labour as a substitute for local labour.
 * Off-side ||adv||Away from one's own side; on the wrong side. 2. not in favour with.
 * Offspring ||n||Descendant, progeny, children, issue.
 * Offspring ||vb||To issue from, well from, descend from, emanate.
 * Off-street ||adj||Located awy from the street. 2. not on the streets, as the "off-street" unloading of the wain.
 * Off-take ||n||The action of taking off; the taking of commodities off the market. 2. a deduction. 3. a channel by which, a place where, something is taken off.
 * Off-time ||n||Holiday, vacation, holidat time, ferials.
 * Offwards ||adv||In the direction or position off or away from something. 2. away from shore. 3. turned or directed off or away; averse.
 * Offwardness ||n||The state of being turned away. 2. averse, aversion, offwaring, wending from, shifting.
 * Off-white ||adj||White with a tinge of yellow or grey.
 * Oft ||adv||Many times, often, frequently, oft(en)-times, off-sithe.
 * Often ||adv||Many times, frequently, oft, oft(en)-times, off-sithe, that has often been.
 * Oftenness ||n||Oftness.
 * Oft-sithe ||adv||Many times, oft-times, often, on many occasions.
 * Ofthink ||n||Sorrow, regret, repentance.
 * Off-line ||adj||Of railways, airways, buses etc.: located or serving a place not on the regular route. 2. of computers: operating independently of, or disconnected from an associated computer.
 * Off-line ||adv||In, or to a more private place, as we should talk about this off-line.
 * Off-load ||vb||To unload. 2. hand to another (a problem or dilemma).
 * Off-put ||vb||To procrastinate, put off, waste time.
 * Off-putting ||adj||Providing uneasiness, dislike, annoyance,or repugnance, disturbing or disagreeable.
 * Off-reckoning ||n||A deduction, formerly in the British Army, a name of a special account between the government and the commanding officers of regiments; in reference to the clothing of the men.
 * Off-set ||n||*********Something that counterbalances, counteracts or compensates for something else; a compensating equivalent. 2. the start, beginning, outset.  3. a short lateral shoot by which certain plants are propagated. 4. an off-shoot or branch of a family or race.
 * Off-set ||vb||To counterbalance, compensate, counteract.
 * Off-shoot ||n||Fig. of a family tree: a descendant. 2. lit. of a plant: a branch, lateral shoot from the main stem. 3. anything conceived as springing from the main stock.
 * Off-shore ||adj||Moving away from shore. 2. located in the sea away from the coast. 3. located in another country, esp. one having benficial tax laws, or a source of an exploitable labour force. 3. having available foreign labour as a substitute for local labour.
 * Off-side ||adv||Away from one's own side; on the wrong side. 2. not in favour with.
 * Offspring ||n||Descendant, progeny, children, issue.
 * Offspring ||vb||To issue from, well from, descend from, emanate.
 * Off-street ||adj||Located awy from the street. 2. not on the streets, as the "off-street" unloading of the wain.
 * Off-take ||n||The action of taking off; the taking of commodities off the market. 2. a deduction. 3. a channel by which, a place where, something is taken off.
 * Off-time ||n||Holiday, vacation, holidat time, ferials.
 * Offwards ||adv||In the direction or position off or away from something. 2. away from shore. 3. turned or directed off or away; averse.
 * Offwardness ||n||The state of being turned away. 2. averse, aversion, offwaring, wending from, shifting.
 * Off-white ||adj||White with a tinge of yellow or grey.
 * Oft ||adv||Many times, often, frequently, oft(en)-times, off-sithe.
 * Often ||adv||Many times, frequently, oft, oft(en)-times, off-sithe, that has often been.
 * Oftenness ||n||Oftness.
 * Oft-sithe ||adv||Many times, oft-times, often, on many occasions.
 * Ofthink ||n||Sorrow, regret, repentance.
 * Offspring ||vb||To issue from, well from, descend from, emanate.
 * Off-street ||adj||Located awy from the street. 2. not on the streets, as the "off-street" unloading of the wain.
 * Off-take ||n||The action of taking off; the taking of commodities off the market. 2. a deduction. 3. a channel by which, a place where, something is taken off.
 * Off-time ||n||Holiday, vacation, holidat time, ferials.
 * Offwards ||adv||In the direction or position off or away from something. 2. away from shore. 3. turned or directed off or away; averse.
 * Offwardness ||n||The state of being turned away. 2. averse, aversion, offwaring, wending from, shifting.
 * Off-white ||adj||White with a tinge of yellow or grey.
 * Oft ||adv||Many times, often, frequently, oft(en)-times, off-sithe.
 * Often ||adv||Many times, frequently, oft, oft(en)-times, off-sithe, that has often been.
 * Oftenness ||n||Oftness.
 * Oft-sithe ||adv||Many times, oft-times, often, on many occasions.
 * Ofthink ||n||Sorrow, regret, repentance.
 * Off-white ||adj||White with a tinge of yellow or grey.
 * Oft ||adv||Many times, often, frequently, oft(en)-times, off-sithe.
 * Often ||adv||Many times, frequently, oft, oft(en)-times, off-sithe, that has often been.
 * Oftenness ||n||Oftness.
 * Oft-sithe ||adv||Many times, oft-times, often, on many occasions.
 * Ofthink ||n||Sorrow, regret, repentance.
 * Oftenness ||n||Oftness.
 * Oft-sithe ||adv||Many times, oft-times, often, on many occasions.
 * Ofthink ||n||Sorrow, regret, repentance.
 * Ofthink ||n||Sorrow, regret, repentance.
 * Ofthink ||n||Sorrow, regret, repentance.