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ofer-faran

  • verb [ strong ]
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ofer-faran, intrans.
To pass, go off
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  • Ælþeódiglíce is oferfare

    peregre transeo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 28.

  • Oferfare on munt swá swá spearwa

    transmigra in montem sicut passer,

      Ps. Spl. 10. 1.
trans.
to pass, cross (
a river, boundary, etc.)
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  • Ic Iordane eft ongeán oferfare mid twám floccon,

      Gen. 32, 10.

  • Gyf ðú Iordanem oferfærst,

      Glostr. Frag. 108, 19.

  • Moyses oferfór ða Reádan Sǽ,

      Wulfst. 210, 12.

  • Oferfóren

    egrederentur,

      Hpt. Gl. 464, 64.

  • Ðá gebeótode án his þegna ðæt hé mid sunde ða eá oferfaran wolde,

      Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 29: Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 9.

  • Ne ða ebban foldes mearce oferfaran móton,

      Met. 11, 70.
to pass through, traverse
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  • Hí forþ oferfóran folcmǽro land,

      Cd. Th. 108, 4; Gen. 1801.

  • Siððan ðú ðone up áhafast forþ oferfarenne,

      Met. 24, 26.
to pass through (a danger)
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  • Ða hyssas fǽrgryre fýres oferfaren hæfdon,

      Cd. Th. 245, 15; Dan. 463.
to pass through, penetrate
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  • Oferfarende

    penetrans,

      Hpt. Gl. 493, 30.
to come upon, come across, meet with
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  • Se here ... slógon and bærndon swá hwæt swá hí oferfóron

    the Danes slew and burnt whatever they came across,

      Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-faran.” 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/24052.

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