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ofer-slege

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ofer-slege, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§393; §419;
A lintel
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  • Oferslege oððe þrexwold

    limen,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12 ; Som. 9, 28.
  • Oferslæge,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 65.
  • Sprengaþ on ðæt oferslege

    (superliminare)

    . . . ðonne hé gesihþ ðæt blód on ðam oferslege,
      Ex. 12, 22-23.
  • On hyra gedyrum and oferslegum. Homl. Th. i. 310, 29: ii. 40, 12 : 264, l : 266, 8.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. ovyrslay of a dcore superliminare.]
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v. ofer-dyre, -gedyre.
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