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ofer-irnan

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  • Gif of þǽre wambe ánre þá yfelan wǽton cumen, and ne oferyrnen ealne þone líchoman . . . Gif sió yfele wǽte of þǽre wambe oferyrneþ ealne þone líchoman,

      Lch. ii. 178, 16-20.

  • Ðó ꝥ se wǽta mæge furþum ofer-yrnan þá wyrta,

      306, 28.
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  • Wé willað nú mid sumere scortne trahtnunge þás rǽdinge oferyrnan, and geopenian, gif heó hwæt dígles on hyre hæbbende sý,

      Hml. Th. i. 388, 30.

  • Wé willað þás þing mid sceortre race oferyrnan,

      Angl. viii. 318, 43.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-irnan.” 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/56214.

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