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ofer-hogian

  • verb [ weak ]
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to despise, contemn, scorn, disdain
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  • Moyses symle ða nyrugde ðe God oferhogodan. Se ðe Godes bebod oferhogaþ, hé biþ on hǽðenra onlícnesse,

    • Blickl. Homl. 49, 12-13
      • .

  • Sum fearhrýðer ðæs óðres ceápes geférscipe oferhogode,

    • 199, 4
      • .

  • Hé ǽlce unsíuernysse oferhogode

    • Chr. 1067
      • ;
    • Erl. 204, 36
      • .

  • Ðá oferhogode hé ðæt hé áðer dyde,

    • Ors. 6, 34
      • ;
    • Swt. 290, 21
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 4679
      • ;
    • B. 2345
      • .

  • Hié ealle worlde weán oforhogodan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 119, 16, 20
      • .

  • Oferhoga hí, and ádríf hí fram ðé,

    • Bt. 7, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 18, 8
      • .

  • Warniaþ ðæt gé ne oferhogian ǽnne of ðysum lytlingum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 18, 10
      • .

  • Ða gýmeleásan and ða oferhogiendan hé sceal mid wordum þreágan,

    • R. Ben. 13. 15.
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v. preceding and next words and ofer-hycgan
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v.  ofer-hycgan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-hogian.” 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/24135.

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