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ofer-niman

  • verb [ strong ]
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to take by violence, to violate
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  • Be ðam men ðe wíf oððe mǽden ofernimþ mid unrihtum þingum de homine qui mulierem vel puellam per fraudem constuprat,

      L. Ecg. P. ii. 13 tit. ; Th. ii. 180, 22.
  • [The section to which the title refers is as follows: ——] Gif ǽnig man ofernyme unbeweddod mǽden

    si invenerit vir puellam virginem, et apprehendens concuberit cum illa,

      Deut. 22, 28.
  • Hé eode in tó mé ðæt hé mé ofernáme

    ingressus est ad me, ut coiret mecum

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      Gen. 39, 14.
to take away, carry off
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  • Sóna wæs ðæt ǽtter ofer-numen

    vidimus rasuram totam vim veneni absumisse,

      Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 39.
  • [O. H. Ger. ubar-neman to take away.]
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