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ofer-hygd

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
ofer-hygd, -hýd, e; f.: es; n.: -hygdu, -hýdu (o); indecl. f. [the plural is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-méde, -méttu].
Wright's OE grammar
§391; §578;
in a bad sense,
pride, arrogance
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  • Hæfde hig ofyrhigd (-hýd, MS. T.)

    tenuit eos superbia,

      Ps. Spl. 72, 6.

  • Oferhigd

    supercilio,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 20.

  • Oferhygd,

      Cd. Th. 21, 22; Gen. 328.

  • Wlenco, oferhýd,

      258, 21; Dan. 679.

  • Ðæs oferhýdes ord,

      272, 3; Sat. 114.

  • Se is kyning ofer eall ða bearn oferhygde (-hýde, Cote. MSS.)

    ipse est rex super universos filios superbiae,

      Past. 17, 4; Swt. 111, 22.

  • In oferhygde

    in superbia,

      Ps. Surt. 16, 10: 58, 13.

  • Hú mycel yfel ðé gelamp for ðínre gítsunga and oforhýdo and for ðínum ídlan gilpe,

      Blickl. Homl. 31, 14.

  • Hí druncennesse and oferhýdo wǽron heora swiran underþeóddende

    ebrietati, animositati, sua colla subdentes,

      Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 26.

  • Sum on oferhygdo þrinteþ,

      Exon. Th. 314, 33; Mód. 23.

  • Nó wé oferhygdu (

    or pl.?

    ) ánes monnes máran fundon,
      118, 15; Gú. 240.

  • Ðæt heofenlíce ríce ðæt ða ǽrestan men forworhtan þurh heora gífernesse and oferhygde,

      25, 1.

  • Se dóeþ oferhygde

    qui facit superbiam,

      Ps. Surt. 100, 7.

  • Ða dóeþ oferhygd,

      30, 24.

  • Ðás þing wé sculon forgán oferhýd gýtsunge ...

    ab his debemus nos abstinere, a superbia, et avaritia ...,

      L. Ecg. P. iv. 64; Th. ii. 224, 28.

  • Næfde hé on him náðer ne yrre ne oferhyd,

      Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 8.

  • Him oninnan oferhygda dǽl weaxeþ,

      Beo. Th. 3485; B. 1740.

  • Oferhýda,

      3525; B. 1760.

  • Ða setl ðe deófol for his oforhygdum of áworpen wæs,

      Blickl. Homl. 121, 35.

  • For oferhygdum,

      156, 13: Cd. Th. 268, 4; Sat. 50: 269, 6; Sat. 69.

  • Ne gedafenaþ ðé ðæt ðú andsware mid oferhygdum séce,

      Andr. Kmbl. 638; An. 319.

  • Hwæt is wuldor ðín ðe ðú oferhygdum upp árǽrdest,

      2637; An. 1320.

  • Þurh oferhygda,

      Exon. Th. 316, 23; Mód. 53.

  • Hé oferhýda ágan wolde

    he would give way to pride,

      Cd. Th. 287, 20; Sat. 370.
in a good sense, honourable pride (?),
high spirit
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  • Gif ðú gesáwe sumne swíðe wísne man ðe hæfde swíðe góda oferhýda and wǽre ðeáh swíðe earm hwæðer ðú woldest cweþan ðæt hé wǽre unwyrþe anwealdes and weorþscipes

    si quem sapientia praeditum videres, num posses eum vel reverentia, vel ea, qua praeditus est, sapientia, non dignum putare?

      Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 24.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ubar-huht, -hucti superbia.]
Linked entries
v.  ofer-hýd ofer-hygdig -hygd.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-hygd.” 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/24145.

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