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ofer-fyll

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ofer-fyll, e; -fyllu(o); indecl. f.
Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking
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  • Gýfernys vel oferfil

    gastrimargia,

      Wrt. Voc.i. 27, 21.

  • Oferfyl

    aplestia,

    ii.
      10, 12.

  • Ǽlc oferfyl fét unhǽlo,

      Prov. Kmbl. 61.

  • Nǽfre oferfyl ne filige, forðí nis cristenum monnum nán þing swá wiðerweardlíc swá swá oferfyl,

      R. Ben. 63, 19-21.

  • Seó oferfyll simle fét unþeáwas,

      Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 27: Blickl. Homl. 37, 14.

  • Wið manegum ádlum ða ðe cumaþ of oferfyllo,

      Lchdm. ii. 178, 10: 244, 4.

  • Hit gelimpeþ of oferfylle ... for oferfyllo (

    ex crapula

    ),
      Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 36-42.

  • On oferfylle (oferfyllo. Lind. Rush.)

    in crapula,

      Lk. Skt. 21, 34: Blickl. Homl. 159, 18.

  • Ðú scealt druncen fleón, and ða oferfylle ealle forlǽtan,

      Dóm. L. 32, 75.

  • Níwes wínes oferfelle

    musti crapulam,

      Hymn. Surt. 97, 18.

  • Þurh oferfylla and mænigfealde synna heora eard hý forworhton,

      Wulfst. 166, 29.
Etymology
[Goth. ufar-fullei: O. H. Ger. ubar-fullí crapula.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-fyll.” 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/24073.

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