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ofer-weorpan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§14;
to overthrow, throw down
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  • Nim eorþan, oferweorp mid ðinre swíðran handa under ðínum swíðran fét,

    • Lchdm. i. 384, 19
      • .

  • Gif hé hié oferweorpe, mid x sciłł. gebéte,

    • L. Alf. pol. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 68, 15
      • .

  • Ðý gewunelícan þeáwe horsa æfter wérinysse hit (the horse) ongan walwian and on gehweðære sídan hit oferweorpan

    consueto equorum more, quasi post lassitudinem in diversum latus vicissim sere volvere coepit,

    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533, 40
      • .

  • Mid ðý storme onwend and oferworpen

    tempestate convulsa,

    • Past. 26
      • ;
    • Swt. 181, 11
      • .
to throw (water, etc.) upon, to sprinkle
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  • Oferwurpe ðú mid ðý wætere ealle burgwaran,

    • Exon. Th. 467, 3
      • ;
    • Hö. 133
      • .

  • Se ðe mid wætere oferwearp wuldres cynebearn,

    • Menol. Fox 315
      • ;
    • Men. 159
      • .
intrans. To fall down
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  • Oferwearp dá wérigmód, wígena strengest, ðæt hé on fylle wearð,

    • Beo. Th. 3090
      • ;
    • B. 1543
      • .
Etymology
[
Uorte holden þet schip, þet uðen ne stormes hit ne ouerworpen, A. R. 142, 11
.
He oferrwarp þeȝȝre bordess, Orm. 15567 note
.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-weorpan.” 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/24276.

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