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ofer-gán

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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ofer-gán, p. -eode;
pp. -gán.
to overspread
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  • Seó lyft ofer*-*gǽþ ealne middaneard,

      Lchdm. iii. 272, 17.
to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does),
to conquer
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  • Se here fór tó Sandwíc, and swá ðanon tó Gipeswíc, and ðæt eall ofereode,

      Chr. 993; Erl. 132, 4.

  • Wǽndon ðæt hé sceolde ðet land ofergá,

      1070; Erl. 207, 24.
  • Hí hæfdon ðá ofergán . i. Eást-Engle, and . ii. Eást-Sexe . . . , 1011 ; Erl. 144, 33.
to pass a point or limit
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  • Ic ofergaa wall

    trans*-*grediar murum

    ,
      Ps. Surt. 17, 30.
  • Hé ofergæþ ðone súðran sunnstede. Lchdm. iii. 252, 14.

  • Gemǽre ðú settest ðæt ná hí ofergáþ (

    trans-gredientur

    ),
      Ps. Spl. 103, 10.

  • Ofereode

    excederit

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 30, 41.
a.
to pass a moral limit, to transgress
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  • Forhwon leorneras ðíne ofergǽ? gesetnisse ðara ældra,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 2.
to pass across, traverse, cross
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  • Hé ofereode steáp stánhliþo,

      Beo. Th. 2820; B. 1408.

  • Hí ða Reádan Sǽ ofereodon,

      Homl. Th. ii. 200, 27 : Beo. Th. 5911; B. 2959.
to pass, pass off or
away, be over, come to an end
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  • Hú hrædlíce se eorþlíca hlísa ofergǽ?,

      Past. 59, I; Swt. 447, 30.

  • Ðæt ilce yfel ofereode bútan geblóte

    pestilentia sine ullis sacrificiorum satisfactionibus sedata est

    ,
      Ors. 5, 2 ; Swt. 218, 3.

  • Ða geswinc ðe ofergán sculon

    quod transeundo laboratur

    ,
      Past. 52, 5; Swt. 407, 31.
a. impers. with gen. To be over (
with anything)
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  • Ðæs ofereode ðisses swá mæg

    it is all over with that, so may it be with this, that trouble is over, so may this be

    ,
      Exon. Th. pp. 377-379 ; Deór. 7, etc.
to come upon, attack (of disease, sleep, etc. )
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  • Wæterseócnyss hine ofereode,

      Homl. Th. i. 86, 9.

  • Hine slǽp ofereode,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1640 ; An. 821. v. ofer-gangan.
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v.  ofer-eode ofer-gangan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-gán.” 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/24077.

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