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§106; §293; §340; §559; §578; §645;
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  • Þú woldest mé laðian þæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer mínum gewunan; ac wite þú þæt sé þe óðerne neádað ofer his mihte tó drincenne, þæt sé mót áberan heora bégra gilt, gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 29-32.
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  • Þæt earme mancynn ofer him sylfum heófiað and wépað,

      Wlfst. 183,
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  • Dæg byð ofer dæg, Ps. Th. 60, 5. (8 a) marking sequence in time of events :-- Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne (cf. 137, 25-27)

    after I am called from this world thou hast appointed all thine apostles to attend my burial,

      Bl. H. 143, 29.
denoting the object on which an action or feeling takes effect
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  • Þá þe him Godes egsa hleonað ofer heáfdum, Gú. 44. (10) denoting the cause of an action :-- God manna cynn eallinga ádwǽscan ne wolde ofer (for v. l.) hyra synnum

    (pro culpa sua),

      Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 77, 17.
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  • Ðá hé fleáh, ðá tórýpte hine án bré[m]ber ofer ðæt nebb,

      C. D. ii. 134, 28.

  • Hé slóh hine ofer his wange,

      Gr. D. 200, 15.

  • Ǽlc man ofer eall férdon,

      Hml. S. 23, 266.
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  • Þá ásweoll him se líchama ofer healf

    his body swelled through a half of it;

    dimidia pars corporis ipsius turgescens,
      Guth. Gr. 153, 12.

  • Oð ðæt hié máran léfnesse onféngon ofer eall

    (per omnia)

    tó lǽranne,
      Bd. 1, 26; Sch. 58, 8.

  • Ofer eall hlýdende ǽlc man cwæð . . .

    there was clamouring throughout the crowd and it was said by every one . . . ,

      Hml. S. 23, 617.

  • Þá spræc man ofer eall and wídmǽrsude

    auditum est et celebri sermone divulgatum in aula regis,

      Gen. 45, 16.

  • Gelæhton þá weardmen his wealdleðer fæste, þæt hé mid fleáme ne burste, ac hé nolde him ætfleón, ac hé clypode ofer eall (

    he called out so as to be heard by all round him

    ),
      Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 16 : By. 256.
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  • Se ealdorman hét gelǽdan Erculanum ofer ðǽre burge weall and hine þǽr heáfde beceorfan

    comes Herculanum super urbis murum deductum capite truncavit,

      Gr. D. 198, 8.
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  • Þá eóde hé ofer sumne þorn

    inruit in quamdam spinulam,

      Guth. Gr. 153, 6.
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  • Wæs þeós sprǽc gefylled ofer Nabochodonosor, Hml. Th. ii. 434, 6. (8 α)

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    of quantity :-- Ofer fíftig míla,
      Hml. S. 9, 3.

  • Ofer ynce,

      Ll. Th. i. 18, 17.

  • Ofer .XII. winter and ofer eahta peningas,

      198, 17 : 228, 12.

  • Ne God gyltas ofer ǽnne sýþ wrecan wile ǽnigum men

    nec Deus bis crimina vindicat ulli,

      Dóm. L. 89.

  • Hæbbe sylf ꝥ hé ofer ꝥ árǽre ipse habeat super augmentum, Ll. Th. i. 436, 14 (see also twelf-wintre). Gif þǽr beón má þonne seofon . . . gif þǽr byð án ofer þá seofon, Angl. viii. 304, 11 : 303, 44. (8, β)

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    :-- Sé ðe ofer his ǽwe hǽmð, hé is forlír ðurh his ǽwbrice,
      Hml. Th. ii. 208, 17.

  • Ofer ꝥ mé lysteð ꝥ þú mé secge sum þing be his módes eádmódnysse, Gr. D. 45, 13.

    Non habeas Deos alienos ;

    ðæt is, ne lufa ðú óðerne God ofer mé,
      Sal. K. 188, 22.
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  • Hí fuhton unwærlíce ofer Iúdan leáfe (cf. they were not obedient unto Judas, 1 Macc. 5, 61), Hml. S. 25, 456. (10)

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    :-- Hé wæs on scipe ofer bolster slápende,
      Mk. 4, 38. (14) add: in reference to time,
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  • Þone lyttlan fyrst tó libbanne ofer þá óþre . . . wæs sum bróðor þe æfter (ofer,

    v. l.) hine libban nolde . . . libban æfter (ofer, v. l. )

    þé,
      Gr. D. 53, 15-28.

  • Áne neaht ofer ꝥ, Ll. Th. i. 32, 3. (β)through :-- Hé wunode on sǽgrunde middan ofer dæg and ofer niht

    die et nocte in profundo maris fuit

    (2
      Cor. 11, 25), Hml. S. 31, 900.

  • Man bær þone ele hire. Þá wæs se ele wexende ofer ealne þone weg

    (all the while they were carrying it

    ),
      Hml. S. 31, 1123.

  • Eall ꝥ heó ofer gǽr habban scolde tó bygleofan (eallne þe heó hæfde hire begiten tó ealles geáres andlyfene,

    v. l.) omne quod in stipendio totius anni paraverat,

      Gr. D. 68, 26.

  • Nán ðing belífan ne móste ofer niht (cf. nec remanebit quidquam usque mane,

      Ex. 12, 10), Hml. Th. ii. 280, 8.
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  • Hider ofer . . . geon ofer,

      Ll. Th. i. 354, 29, 30.

  • Þæt þæt þǽr ofer byð,

      Solil. H. 35, 19 : Lk. R. 11. 41.

  • Súþ ofer on hlýpan,

      Cht. Crw. 3, 14.

  • Redempta stód hire ofer,

      Hml. Th. ii. 548, 1.

  • Þá ongunnon ðá hǽðengildan neádian ðá apostolas, . . . and þá twégen drýmen ðǽr ofer stódon,

      494, 27.

  • Þám hí ofer sint

    cui pęsunt,

      Angl. xiii. 373, 112.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer.” 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/56108.

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