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ofer-hebban

  • verb [ uncertain ]
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to pass by, neglect, omit
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  • Gif hit (the holding a gemót) hwá oferhebbe (-habbe, MS. B.) béte swá wé ǽr cwǽdon,

    • L. Ed. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 164, 23
      • .

  • Gif hé áht ðæs oferhæbbe ðe on úrum gewritum stent,

    • L. Ath. v. 8, 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 236, 33
      • .

  • Ic wát ðæt ic his sceal fela oferhebban

    ego cogor fateri me praeterire plurima,

    • Ors. 1, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 42, 1
      • .

  • Hit þencþ fela gódra weorca tó wyrcanne, gif hé worldáre hæbbe, and wile hit oferhebban, siððan hé hié hæfþ,

    • Past. 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 55, 16
      • .
Etymology
[
For ever hem (the poor) thou overhaf, Mapes 341, 1
:
O. H. Ger. ubar-hevan praeterire, transire
.] Cf. ofer-healdan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-hebban.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/24113.

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