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ofer-seón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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to observe, survey, see
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  • Ðú ðe ealle gesceafta ofersihst

    thou that dost survey all creatures,

      Bt. 4 ; Fox 8, 20.

  • Æfter ðære wísan ðe ic hit oferseah

    quemadmodum inspexi.

      Nar. 2, 9,
    Swá ic mid mínum égum oferseah, and mínum eárun oferhýrde, L. O. 8 ; Th. i. 180, 29 : L. C. S. 23 ; Th. i. 388, 24.

  • Ðú ealle míne fýnd eágum ofersáwe

    super inimicos meos respexit oculus tuus,

      Ps. Th. 53, 7.

  • Ðæt hié heora sylfra eágon oforségon and heora eáron gehýrdon

    what they had seen with their own eyes and heard with their ears,

      Blickl. Homl. 121, 1.

  • Oft wé oferségon þeóda þeáwas,

      Exon. Th. 118, 9; Gú. 237.

  • Selfe ofersáwon ðá ic cwom,

      Beo. Th. 842 ; B. 419.

  • Ofersewen

    respectus,

      Ps. Spl. 72, 4.
  • [O. H. Ger. ubar-sehan respicere, superspicere.]
to overlook, neglect, despise
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  • Ða ðe tó ðam þríste sýn, ðæt hig God oferseóþ and swá mæniges háliges mannes dóm,

      Wulfst. 270, 23.
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v.  ofer-sewenness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-seón.” 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/24223.

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