Middle English Dictionary Entry
o-dead adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | o-dead adv. |
| Etymology | From o prep.(1) & dēd n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To death.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)157/3 : Senec..garte latt hym blude of bothe his armys. And so he bled odeade.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)271/30 : Þis same spiritt keste a barn of hys in þe fyre and burnyd it o dead.