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ofer-heortness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ofer-heortness, e; f.
Excessive feeling
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  • Mid oferheortnesse hé him wæs wánigende ǽgðer ge his ágene heardsǽlþa ge ealles ðæs folces

    with bursting heart he was bewailing both his own and the people's hard fortune,

      Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 20.
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v.  -heortness.
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  • ofer-heortness, n.