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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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