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ofer-cuman

  • verb [ strong ]
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to overcome, vanquish, subdue
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  • Ofercymeþ hé ælle his feónd,

      Lchdm. iii, 170, 19.
  • Ofercymþ

    deicit, confudit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 68.
  • Ofercom

    obpressit,

      65, 35.
  • Æþelfriþ Scotta þeóde mid gefeohte ofercom (

    praelio conterens

    ),
      Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 17: Cd. Th. 178, 33; Exod. 21.
  • Hé ðone feónd ofercwom,

      Beo. Th. 2551; B. 1273.
  • Hié feónd heora þurh ánes cræft ofercómon,

      1403; B. 699.
  • Ðæm wergan gáste wiðstondan and ofercuman,

      Blickl. Homl. 135, 11: 119, 21.
  • Beswicen and ofercumen,

      179, 5.
  • Ðonne hié hwelc folc mid gefeohte ofercumen hæfdon,

      Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 23.
  • Níða ofercumen,

      Beo. Th. 1694; B. 845.
  • Ofercumen

    obpressus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 34.
  • Ofercymen wæs

    obstipuit,

      63, 9.
  • Ðú mé hæfst ofercumenne mid ðínre gesceádwísnesse,

      Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 12.
  • Hé ongitt hine selfne ofercumenne (-cymenne,

      Hatt. MS.), Past. 34, 1; Swt. 228, 20.
  • Ðás men geseóþ ðæt hié synt ofercumene,

      Blickl. Homl. 189, 5.
  • Ofercymene

    consternati,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 10.
  • Ofercumenum leahtrum

    devictis vitiis,

    Prud. 28 a.
to come upon, reach, obtain
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  • Ofercuom

    obtinuit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 29.
  • Ofercom,

      63, 26.
  • Nánne ne sparedon cwicera manna ðe hié ofercuman mihton (

    spared none that they could come up with

    ),
      Judth. Thw. 24, 41; Jud. 235.
  • His geféran ðý ofercumendan wóle (

    pestilentia superveniente

    ) fordilgode wǽron,
      Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 26.
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