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ofer-méttu (o)

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ofer-méttu (o), indecl. in sing. ; but declined in pl. , where it is used with singular meaning, cf. ofer-hygd, -méde : perhaps all the instances which follow may belong to the plural, since eáþmétto takes a verb in the plural; f.
Pride, arrogance, haughtiness
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  • Hine his hyge gespeón and his ofermétto ealra swíðost,

    • Cd. Th. 22, 35
    • ;
    • Gen. 351
    • .
    þurh heora miclan mód, and þurh ofermétto,
    • 22, 7
    • ;
    • Gen. 337 : 21, 30
    • ;
    • Gen. 332
    • .
  • Hé biþ on oferméttu (-métto, Cott. MSS.) áwended . . . hé ástág on ofermétto

    in elationem permutatur. . . intumuit

    ,
    • Past. 3, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 35, 13-16
    • .
  • On ofermétto

    in superbiam

    • 19, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 147, 3
    • :
    • Bt. 6
    • ;
    • Fox 14, 34
    • .
  • God hyra ofermǽtan ofermétto genyðerode,

    • Ors. l, 7
    • ;
    • Swt. 38, 28
    • .
  • God ða mǽstan ofermétto gewræc on ðam folce,

    • 6, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 256, 5
    • .
  • Ðe ofermétto dóþ

    qui faciunt superbiam

    • Ps. Th. 30, 27
    • .
  • Ofermétto

    fastu

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 62
    • .
  • Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worulde: ǽrest is ofermétta

    arrogantia

    • L. Ecg. P. i. 8
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 174, 32
    • .
  • Ne gerísaþ heom príta, ne micele ofermétta,

    • L. I. P. 10
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 318, 32
    • .
  • Heora eáþmétto ne mihton náuht forstandan, ne húru heora ofermétta,

    • Bt. 29, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 106, 1
    • .
  • Ðonne weaxaþ ða ofermétta (cf. ðonan mǽst cymeþ yfla oferméta,)

    • (Met. 25, 44)
    • ,
    • 37, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 186, 19
    • .
  • Mid his ágnum wordum ðone swiran gebiége his ágenra ofermétta

    suo judicio superbiae cervicem calcat

    • Past. 26, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 185, 15
    • .
  • On heora oferméttum

    in superbia

    • Ps. Th. 30, 20
    • .
  • On oferméttum áþunden,

    • Past. proem.
    • ;
    • Swt. 25, 6
    • .
  • Biscopum gebiraþ ealdlíce wísan búton oferméttum,

    • L. I. P. 10
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 318, 31
    • .
  • Lét befeallan on ðæt éce fýr ðe him gegearcod wæs for heora oferméttum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 12, 4
    • :
    • Met. 5, 32
    • :
    • Bt. 16, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 50, 9-11
    • .
  • Mid ofermétum

    superbia

    • Past. 42, 2
    • ;
    • Swt. 307, 7
    • .
  • Ne mæg hé wið ofermétta,

    • Bt. 12
    • ;
    • Fox 36, 10
    • .
  • Múþ heora spræc ofermétta

    superbiam

    • Ps. Lamb. 16, 10
    • :
    • Met. 7, 8
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  • ofer-méttu (o), n.