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ofer-stǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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to confute, convince, convict
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  • Ic oferstǽle

    confuto,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 15.

  • Oberstaelid

    confutat,

    ii.
      105, 32.

  • Oferstǽleþ,

      15, 31.

  • Ic eom geþafa ðæt ic eom swíðe rihte oferstéled, and ic beó ealne weig micle gefegenra ðonne ðú mé myd þillícum ofærstǽlest, ðonne ic ǽfre wéræ ðonne ic óðerne man oferstǽlde

    I allow that I am very properly confuted, and I am always much more pleased when you confute me with such arguments, than I ever should be when I confuted another man,

      Shrn. 197, 32-35.

  • Ne beó ðú tó ánwille; forðam ðe is gerisenlícre ðæt ðú sí mid rihte oferstéled, ðonne ðú oferstéle óðerne man mid wóge,

      Prov. Kmbl. 8.

  • Ðæt hi ðæs deófles leásunge mid Godes sóðfæstnysse oferstǽlan,

      Homl. Th. ii. 100, 9.

  • Oberstaelende

    convincens,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 37.

  • Oferstǽlende, 14, 60:

    confutans,

      23, 45 : Hpt. Gl. 436, 37.

  • Oberstaeled

    convicta,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 45.

  • Ðonne hé oferstǽled biþ

    when he is convinced,

      Past. 6 ; Swt. 46, 16.

  • Hé biþ ðonne oferstǽled ðæt hé Godes feónd is

    he will then be convicted of being God's foe.

      Homl. Th. i. 612, 24.

  • Gif hwá mǽne áþ on háligdóme swerige, and hé oferstǽled weorðe

    if a man commit perjury on a relic, and he be convicted

    ,
      L. C. S. 36; Th. i. 398, 5 : 37 ; Th. i. 398, 12.

  • Oferstǽlede

    confutati, superati, convicti, redarguti,

      Hpt. Gl. 475, 19,
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-stǽlan.” 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/24238.

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