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ofer-niman

  • verb [ strong ]
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to take by violence, to violate
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  • Be ðam men ðe wíf oððe mǽden ofernimþ mid unrihtum þingum

    de homine qui mulierem vel puellam per fraudem constuprat,

    • L. Ecg. P. ii. 13 tit.
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 180, 22
      • .
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    Gif ǽnig man ofernyme unbeweddod mǽden

    si invenerit vir puellam virginem, et apprehendens concuberit cum illa,

    • Deut. 22, 28
      • .

  • Hé eode in tó mé ðæt hé mé ofernáme

    ingressus est ad me, ut coiret mecum

    • Gen. 39, 14
      • .
to take away, carry off
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  • Sóna wæs ðæt ǽtter ofer-numen

    vidimus rasuram totam vim veneni absumisse,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 39
      • .
[
O. H. Ger. ubar-neman to take away.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-niman.” 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/24195.

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