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ofer-brǽdan

  • verb [ weak ]
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to overspread, overshadow, act as a covering over
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  • Ðæt land biþ eal unnyt swá se fiicbeám hit oferbrǽt,

      Past. 45; Swt. 337, 13-15.

  • Oferbrǽdeþ,

      Met, 7, 13.

  • Heofonlíc leóht com ofer hí ealle and hí swá swá mycel scýte hí ealle oferbrǽdde,

      Bd. 4, 7; S. 575, 7.

  • Wolcen oferbrǽdde hiǽ

    pubis obumbrans eos,

      Mk. Skt. Rush. 9, 7: Lk. Skt. Rush. 9, 34.

  • Sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded,

      Homl. Th. i. 508, 24.

  • Mid ðy feó oferbrǽded and beþeaht,

      Blickl. Homl. 199, 3.

  • Bewrigen and oferbrǽded mid baswe godwebbe,

      207, 16.

  • Apollonius mid rósan rude wæs eal oferbrǽded,

      Ap. Th. 22, 4.
to overspread, put a covering over
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  • God oferbrǽdde byrnendne heofon nette,

      Cd. Th. 182, 9; Exod. 73.
  • [Laym. mid palle overbræd.]
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v.  of-brǽded fore-brǽdan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-brǽdan.” 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/24013.

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