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ofer-brǽdels

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ofer-brǽdels, es; m.
A covering, veil, garment
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  • Cyrtel vel oferbrǽdels

    palla,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 56.

  • Oferbrédels

    operimentum,

      Kent. Gl. 853.

  • Swá swá oferbrǽdels (

    opertorium

    ) ðú áwenst hyg,
      Ps. Lamb. 102, 27.

  • On oferbrǽdelse (

    velamento

    ) fyðera ðínra,
      Ps. Spl. 62, 8.

  • Hé þencþ on ðam oferbrǽdelse (

    surface

    ) his módes ðæt hé sciele monig gód weorc wyrcan, and hé þencþ mid innewearde móde ðæt hé gierneþ for gilpe ... on hiera módes rinde ... ac on ðam piðan...,
      Past. 9, 1; Swt. 55, 18-23.

  • Oferbrǽdels

    superhumeralis,

      14, 3; Swt. 83, 21.

  • Hí áhófen ðone oferbrǽdels (

    the veil

    ) of ðære byrgene,
      Homl. Skt. i. 8, 227. vii. of[er
    ]brǽdelsas, Chart. Th. 429, 26.
Etymology
[Icel. yfir-breizl a coverlet.]
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v.  of-brǽdels brǽdels.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-brǽdels.” 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/24014.

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