oe

OE is defined as an abbreviation for Old English.

(abbreviation)

An example of OE is Old English, the English language which was spoken in England from about 450 to 1150.

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    See oe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

    noun

    a whirlwind near the Faeroe Islands

    Origin: < Faeroese othi < othur, raging < ON other

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    oersted

    Old English

    an earlier variant spelling for many words of Greek and Latin origin now usually written with initial e-

    See oe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

    abbreviation
    oersted

    Japanese writer. Strongly influenced by the French existentialists, his political and often autobiographical novels include A Personal Matter (1964) and The Silent Cry (1967). He won the 1994 Nobel Prize for literature.

    abbreviation
    Old English

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