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ofer-wreón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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ofer-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen
To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread
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  • Ic oferwreó

    nubo

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28
      • ;
    • Som. 31, 19
      • :

    cooperio,

    • 30
      • ;
    • Som. 34, 43
      • .

  • Ðú ðe oferwríhst mid wæterum ða uferan hire

    qui tegis aquis superiora ejus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 103, 3
      • .

  • Geswinc welera heora oferwríhþ (-wríð. Ps. Surt.: -wrýhþ. Ps. Spl.) hí labor

    labiorum ipsorum operiet eos,

    • 139, 10
      • .

  • Oferwríhþ (-wríð. Ps. Surt.: -wrýcþ, Ps. Spl.)

    operit,

    • 146, 8
      • .

  • Oferwríhþ

    operit,

    • Kent. Gl. 323
      • .

  • Seó sóðe lufu Godes and manna oferwrýhþ ða mengo synna

    charity covereth a multitude of sins,

    • L. E. I. 36
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 434, 39, 37
      • .

  • Mycel mægen ðone heofon oforþecþ and oforwrýhþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 93, 3
      • .

  • God ǽlce stówe gefylþ and ufan oforwrýhþ,

    • 19, 27
      • .

  • Seó sunne scínþ geond ealle eorþan gelíce, and ealre eorþan brádnysse endemes oferwrýhþ,

    • Lchdm. iii. 236, 13
      • .

  • Unrehtwísnesse míne ic ne oferwráh (-wreáh,Ps. Spl. C. T.)

    • Ps. Surt. 31, 5
      • .

  • Ðú oferwrige

    operuisti,

    • 84, 3
      • .

  • Oferwráh (-wreáh, Ps. Spl.)

    operuit,

    • 43, 17
      • :
    • 68, 8
      • .

  • Seó sǽ ealle his crætu and riddan mid ýðan oferwreáh,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 194, 28
      • .

  • Þicce genip oferwréh ðone munt,

    • Ex. 19, 16
      • .

  • Oferwreogan

    contexerunt

    mé þýstru,

    • Ps. Lamb. 54, 6
      • .

  • Ne ne beóþ gecyrred oferwreón (tó oferwreónne, Ps. Lamb.: oferwreán, Ps. Surt.) eorþan neyue

    convertentur operire terram,

    • Ps. Spl. 103, 10
      • .

  • Sume águnnon oferwreón

    velare

    his ansýne,

    • Mk. Skt. 14, 65
      • .

  • Nacode wé sceolan oferwreón,

    • L. E. I. 32
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 428, 25
      • .

  • Næs Salomon oferwrigen

    coopertus

    swá swá án of ðyson,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 29
      • .

  • Ðæt dysig ðæt hit ǽr mid oferwrigen wæs,

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 216, 6
      • .

  • Sýn oferwrigene

    operiantur,

    • Ps. Lamb. 70, 13
      • .

  • Synna beóþ oferwrigenne for dǽdbóte,

    • L. E. I. 36
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 434, 22
      • .

  • Ðǽr stód án æmtig cýf oferwrogen,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 178, 34
      • .

  • Se ðe wæs hwílon gescríd mid golde, hé læg ðá oferwrogen mid moldan,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 221, 3
      • .

  • Hwítum gegyrlan oferwrohne (-wrogenne,MS. A.),

    • Mk. Skt. 16, 5
      • .

  • Mid hwam beó wé oferwrogene?

    • Mt. Kmbl. 6, 31
      • .

  • Oferwrogne

    contecta,

    • Hpt. Gl. 417, 48
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-wreón.” 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/24286.

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