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ofer-híran

  • verb [ weak ]
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not to listen to, to disregard, disobey
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  • Ðé ealle gesceafta heórsumiaþ . . . bútan men ánum, se ðé oferheórþ,

      Bt. 4; Fox 8, 10.

  • Swá weorþlícne sige hæfde swá hé ǽr unweorþlíce ðara goda biscepum oferhírde (

    he disregarded the prohibition of the augurs

    ),
      Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 4.

  • Hié þurh his láre oferhiérdon ðǽm godum,

      4, 12; Swt. 210, 2.
to overhear, hear
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  • Swá ic mid mínum eárum oferhýrde,

      L. O. 8; Th. i. 180, 29: L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 24.

  • Se oþeling (

    Phalaris) ǽgðer hæfde, ge his plegan ge his gewill, ðonne hé ðara manna (those shut up in the brazen bull )

    tintrego oferhiérde,
      Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 28.

  • Gé sylfe swutele gesáwon, and eác oferhýrdan ða bletsunge,

      Wulfst. 176, 4.
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v.  ofer-hýran.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-híran.” 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/24120.

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