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ófer

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ófer, ófor, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§106; §293; §340; §559; §578; §645;
an edge, border, margin
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  • Óbr

    mango,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 45.
  • Ófor,

      55, 6.
  • Ófer,

      Ælfc. Gr. 6; Som. 5, 51.
  • On ðære lifre ófrum,

      Lchdm. ii. 204, 24.
  • Smire ða ófras (

    the borders of a cancer

    ) ðǽr hit reádige,
      108, 20.
the land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in local names, e.g. Over in Cambridgeshire, Wendover
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  • Strand litus, brerd vel ófer

    crepido,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 54. 24-25.
  • On ðone ófer; ondlong ófres ðæt on Stánford,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 20.
  • Ondlong strǽte, ðæt on reádan ófer, iii. 52, 17.
  • On ðære eá ófre,

      Nar. 10, 14: Byrht. Th. 132, 39; By. 28.
  • On ófre ðæs foresprecenan streámes,

      Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 18.
  • Of sǽs ófre,

      4, 13; S. 582, 32.
  • On ðam sealtum ófre,

      Homl. Th. ii. 146, 6.
  • On (meres) ófre,

      Beo. Th. 2746; B. 1371.
  • Ófras heá, streámas stronge,

      Exon. Th. 404, 14; Rä. 23, 7.
  • On wǽtum stówum and on ófrum,

      Lchdm. i. 222, 19: Hpt. Gl. 516, 70.
  • Óbras, ófras

    oras, sǽ marmora,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 72: 64, 42.
Etymology
[Laym. Havel. over: M. H. Ger. uover: Ger. ufer: O. Du. oever.]
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v. eá-ófer.
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