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ofer-winnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdue
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  • Se ðe his mód gewylt is betera ðonne se ðe burh oferwinþ,

      Homl. Th. ii. 544, 10.

  • Oferwinnaþ debellant, Blickl. Gl. Gif úre fýnd ús oferwinnaþ

    expugnatis nobis,

      Ex. 1, 10.

  • Hé Soroastrem oferwann and ofslóh

    Zoroastrem pugna oppressum interfecit,

      Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 11.

  • Oferwan,

      1, 6; Swt. 36, 17.

  • Iudith seó wuduwe ðe oferwann Holofernem,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 15, 44.

  • Hí oferwunnon mé

    expugnaverunt me,

      Ps. Spl. 128, 1.

  • Oferwin onwinnende

    expugna inpugnantes,

      Blickl. Gl. Hé
    ðus cwæð ðæt hé ða lotwrenceas oferwunne, Past. 30, 2; Swt. 205, 17.

  • Gif ðú wille ǽnige buruh oferwinnan (

    expugnare

    ),
      Deut. 20, 10: Jos. 10, 4.

  • Ðæt hí mihton heora fýnd oferwinnan,

      Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 28.

  • Seó ylce þeód wæs oferwunnen fram Eald-Seaxum,

      5, 11; S. 626, 10, On ðǽm xxv.
    wintrum ðe hé winnende wæs hé ná oferwunnen ne wearð, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 6.

  • Se mon hafaþ weán oferwunnen,

      Exon. Th. 475, 5; Bo. 43.

  • Synd ða fýnd oferwunnene,

      Gen. 14, 20.

  • Oferwunnenum feóndum

    devictis hostibus,

    Prud. 4 a.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ubar-winnan expugnare, superare, devincere: Icel. yfir-vinna.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-winnan.” 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/24279.

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