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ofer-swíðan

  • verb [ weakstrong ]
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Grammar
ofer-swíðan, p. -swíðde, but also -swáð
Wright's OE grammar
§14; §530;
To prove stronger than or superior to another, to overcome, overpower, conquer, surpass
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  • Ober*-*suíðo

    vinco,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 69.

  • Ic oferswíðe

    vinco,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32, 17.

  • Ic nardes stenc oferswíðe mid mínre swétnesse,

      Exon. Th. 423, 29; Rä. 41, 29.

  • Ðú ðe úre wiðerwinnan oferswíðst,

      Homl. Skt. i. 11, 233.

  • Ðú oferswíðest deáþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 141, 13.

  • Hé on his mægenes weorþunga oferswíð ealra óðerra Godes martira wuldor,

      167, 25.

  • Gyf strengra hine oferswýð (-swíð, MSS. B. C. )

    si fortior vicerit eum.

      Lk. Skt. MS. A. 11, 22.

  • Oferswýðeþ,

      Beo. Th. 564; B. 279.

  • Ðú oferswíðdest ðone deófol,

      Homl. Skt. i. 3, 436 : Blickl. Homl. 157, 4.

  • Hé ðone ealdan gedwolan oforswíðde,

      7, 13.

  • Gaius Julius se cásere Brettas oferswíðde,

      Chr. Erl. 4, 24 : Ors. 1, 2 ; Swt. 30, 22.

  • Hé þurh Godes mihte ðone cwelmbǽran drenc oferswíðde,

      Homl. Th. i. 72, 12.
  • Heó þurh martyrdóm ðisne middaneard oferswáð. Homl. Skt. i. 2, 4.

  • Hé ðone feónd oferswáð,

      Shrn. 13, 30.

  • Ða ðe mid sygefæstum deáþe mid*-*dangeard oferswíðdon,

      Homl. Th. i. 84, 31.

  • Oferswíð ðás cristenan þurh tearte wíta,

      Homl. Skt. i. 11, 137.

  • Ðonne hé ðone áwyrgdan gást oferswíðe,

      Blickl. Homl. 31, 31.

  • Deófol oferswíðan,

      29, 1 : Elen. Kmbl. 2354 ; El. 1178.

  • Mid swinglan oferswíðan,

      Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 478, l: 1, 25 ; S. 487, 1.

  • Mid gedwylde láre oferswíðan,

      Homl. Th. i. 44, 26.

  • Ðæt geþyld oferswíðende

    patientia victrix,

      Prud. 25 a. Hí
    habbaþ deófol oferswíðed, Blickl. Homl. 35, 4.

  • Oferswíðod,

      Homl. Skt. i. 1, 8: 4, 57.

  • Is betre ðæt hié weorðen gebundene and oferswíðde,

      Past. 30 ; Swt. 204, 4 ; Blickl. Homl. 145, 13.

  • Wit sýn oferswíðede,

      181, 30.

  • Oferswíðdum leahtrum

    devictis vitiis,

    Prud. 28 b.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-swíðan.” 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/24248.

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