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ofer-flítan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to overcome in a contest, to confute
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  • Hé ðé æt sunde oferflát, hæfde máre mægen,

      Beo. Th. 1039; B. 517.
  • Ymb done tíman wæs gegaderad iii. hund biscepa and eahtatiéne hiene tó oferflítanne (

    to confute Arius

    ),
      Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 1.
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  • ofer-flítan, v.