ofer-hebban
- verb [ uncertain ]
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Gif hit (
the holding a gemót
) hwá oferhebbe (-habbe,- MS. B.)
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Gif hé áht ðæs oferhæbbe ðe on úrum gewritum stent,
- L. Ath. v. 8, 5; Th. i. 236, 33.
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Ic wát ðæt ic his sceal fela oferhebban
ego cogor fateri me praeterire plurima,
- Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 1.
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Hit þencþ fela gódra weorca tó wyrcanne, gif hé worldáre hæbbe, and wile hit oferhebban, siððan hé hié hæfþ, Past. 9; Swt. 55, 16. [For ever hem (
the poor
) thou overhaf, Mapes 341, 1: O. H. Ger. ubar-hevan praeterire, transire.] Cf. ofer-healdan.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-hebban.” 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/24113.
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