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 (
the borders of a cancer
) ðǽr hit reádige,- 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.
- 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
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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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