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† offrand, offerand Obs.
Forms: 2 ofrende, 3–5 offrend(e, 4 ofrande, 4–5 offrond(e, 4–6 offrand(e, offerand(e, 5 offerond, offorand.
[Early ME., a. OF. ofrende (11th c. in Littré), ad. med.L. offerenda ‘offering, oblation’, lit. ‘(thing or things) to be offered’, gerundive of offerre to offer. Used in ME. in same sense as offering, and still (? under Fr. influence) by Gower and Caxton, but otherwise peculiar to north. dial. after 1350, and after 1500 only Sc. The northern texts of Cursor Mundi, Hampole, Maundeville, etc., have regularly offrand, where the southern texts have offring, offering. In later times often spelt offerand, and prob. associated with offerand, northern form of offering, pr. pple. of offer vb.]
= offering vbl. n. 1, 2.
c1200Vices & Virtues 85 Al swa ðe gode hlauerd ðe sent his menn ofrende for his aȝene wurscipe. c1250Old Kent. Serm. in O.E. Misc. 26 Al swo hi hedden aparailed here offrendes swo kam si sterre þet yede to-for hem. a1300Cursor M. 1063 (Cott.) For his offrand [Fairf. offerande, Trin. offrynge] was rightwys. Ibid. 1940 (Cott.) Our lauerd drightin..Him liked wel in his offrand [F. offerande, Tr. offrynge]. Ibid. 5974 (Cott.) ‘Gas’ he said ‘her in mi land And to your lauerd yee mak offrand’ [F. offerande, Tr. offronde]. 1340Ayenb. 41 Þe rentes þo offrendes þe tendes and þe oþre riȝtes of holy cherche. 1390Gower Conf. III. 307 With great offrende and sacrifise. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) vi. 18 Ane of þe three kynges þat made offerand [Cott. MS. offryng] til oure Lord. c1440York Myst. x. 162 Bot wher-of sall oure offerand be? c1477Caxton Jason 98 Whan the preest had understande Iason that he promysed so good an offrande. 1513Douglas æneis xii. xiv. 147 Pallas..Of the ane offerand to the Goddis makis. 1549Compl. Scot. 8 He estimeit the grite offrandis that vas offrit be riche opulent men. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 39 That..thair offerand may be augmented. |