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ofer-hírness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ofer-hírness, e; f.
Disobedience, disregard, neglect, contempt
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  • Ungelimp mid oferhýrnysse Godes beboda geearnod,

    • L. Edg. S. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 270, 12
      • .
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  • Gif hwá bútan porte ceápige, ðonne sý hé cyninges oferhýrnesse scyldig,

    • L. Ed. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 158, 14
      • .

  • Ðæt se wǽre, ðe rihtes wyrnde, scyldig æt þriddan cyrre cyninges oferhýrnesse ðæt is .cxx. sciłł.,

    • 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 160, 16
      • .

  • Ne underfó nán man óðres mannes man bútan ðæs leáfe ðe hé ǽr fyligde. Gif hit hwá dó, béte míne oferhýrnesse,

    • 10
      • ;
    • Th. i. 164, 18
      • .

  • Gif hwá gemót forsitte þríwa, gilde ðæs cynges oferhýrnesse . . . Gif hé nylle ða oferhýrnesse syllan, ðonne rídan ða yldestan men . . . Gif hwá nylle rídan mid his geféran, gilde cynges oferhýrnesse,

    • L. Ath. i. 20
      • ;
    • Th. i. 208, 26-210, 1
      • .

  • Gif hwá hreám gehýre and nine forsitte, gylde ðæs cynges oferhýrnysse,

    • L. C. S. 29
      • ;
    • Th. i. 392, 18
      • .
  • Ne quis pecuniam puram et recte appendentem sonet, monetetur in quocunque portu monetetur, in regno meo, super overhyrnessam meam,
    • L. Eth. iv. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 302, 15
      • .

  • Gé (geréfan) híraþ, cwæþ se cyngc, hwæt gé gelǽstan sculan be mínre oferhýrnysse,

    (on pain of incurring)

    • L. Ath. i. prm.
      • ;
    • Th. i. 196, 15
      • .
But it occurs chiefly as a legal term the disregard of an authoritative enactment or the fine for such disregard, amounting to 120 shillings. Some of the offences to which it applies may be seen from the following passages :--
Etymology
See Schmid. A. S. Gesetz. s. v. [Cf.
Goth. ufar-hauseins disregard, disobedience
.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-hírness.” 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/24122.

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