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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.