ófer
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§106;
§293;
§340;
§559;
§578;
§645;
an edge, border, margin
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Óbr
mango,
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 45 .
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Ófor,
- 55, 6 .
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Ófer,
- Ælfc. Gr. 6 ;
- Som. 5, 51 .
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On ðære lifre ófrum,
- Lchdm. ii. 204, 24 .
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Smire ða ófras ðǽr hit reádige,
the borders of a cancer
- 108, 20 .
the land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in
local names, e.g. Over in Cambridgeshire, Wendover
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Strand litus, brerd vel ófer
crepido,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 54. 24-25 .
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On ðone ófer; ondlong ófres ðæt on Stánford,
- Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 20 .
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Ondlong strǽte, ðæt on reádan ófer,
- iii. 52, 17.
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On ðære eá ófre,
- Nar. 10, 14 :
- Byrht. Th. 132, 39 ;
- By. 28 .
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On ófre ðæs foresprecenan streámes,
- Bd. 2, 3 ;
- S. 504, 18 .
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Of sǽs ófre,
- 4, 13 ;
- S. 582, 32 .
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On ðam sealtum ófre,
- Homl. Th. ii. 146, 6 .
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On (meres) ófre,
- Beo. Th. 2746 ;
- B. 1371 .
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Ófras heá, streámas stronge,
- Exon. Th. 404, 14 ;
- Rä. 23, 7 .
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On wǽtum stówum and on ófrum,
- Lchdm. i. 222, 19 :
- Hpt. Gl. 516, 70 .
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Óbras, ófras
oras, sǽ marmora,
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 72: 64, 42 .
Etymology
Laym. Havel. over
: M. H. Ger. uover
:
Ger. ufer
: O. Du. oever
.]
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Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “ófer.” 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/24001.
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