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ofer-ǽt

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ofer-ǽt, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§578;
over-eating, gluttony, excess in eating
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  • Oferǽt

    ingluvies,

      Ælfc. Gr. 12; Som. 25, 54.
  • Se oferǽt wierþ gehwierfed tó fierenluste

    edacitas usque ad luxuriam pertrahit,

      Past. 43, 2; Swt. 309, 14.
  • Behealdaþ eów ðæt gé ne gehefegien eówer heortan mid oferǽte (

    in crapula

    ),
      18, 2; Swt. 129, 19.
  • Ða téþ ðe nú on oferǽte blissiaþ,

      Homl. Th. i. 530, 32.
  • Hine wið oferǽt beorge,

      L.E. I. 24; Thh ii. 422, 3.
  • Þurh oferǽt per commessationem, Confess. Peccat.
rioting, feasting, an entertainment where excessive eating takes place
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  • Ða hús ða ðe on tó gebiddenne geworhte wǽron ða syndon nú on hús gehwyrfed oferǽta (

    commessationum

    ),
      Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 13.
  • Oferétum

    comessationibus, Kent. Gl. 888. [Cf. ofer-etes = comessationes (in Rom. 13, 13), Rel. Ant. i. 131, 32: O. L. Ger. ovar-át: O. H. Ger. ubar-ázi, -ázzi; f. crapula, commessatio. ]

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  • ofer-ǽt, n.