ofhende

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz, equivalent to of- +‎ hand (“hand”) +‎ -e (adjective-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ofˈxen.de/, [ofˈhen.de]

Adjective

ofhende

1. lost, taken away, out of one's hand

Descendants

• English: offhand

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ofhende”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.