of

Meaning

1. from

   Đā ġelǣredan ne beðurfon þyssera bōca, forðan ðe him mæġ heora āgen lār genihtsumian. Iċ cweðe nū þæt iċ næfre heonon forð ne āwende godspel oððe godspeltrahtas of Lēdene on Englisċ.

   The learned have no need of these books, for their own learning will suffice. I say now that henceforth, I will never translate a gospel or a gospel-commentary from Latin into English.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

2. out of

   Of þām ǣġe crēap ān lȳtel and swīðe hungriġ trēowwyrm.

   Out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar.

3. off

   Sē cyning slīepte his bēag of.

   The king slipped his ring off.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, Esther

4. by (indicating the creator of a work)

5. of (Denoting material made of)

   "Eal his reaf wæs awefen of olfendes hǽrum, his bigleofa wæs stiðlic; ne dranc he wines drenc, ne nanes gemencgedes wætan, ne gebrowenes: ofet hine fedde, and wude-hunig, and oðre waclice ðigena."

   "All his garment was woven of camel's hair, his food was coarse; he drank not drink of wine, nor of any mixed or prepared fluid: fruit fed him and wood-honey, and other common things."

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. John the Baptist"