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ofer-stígan

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add: with the idea of mounting, lit. or fig.
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  • Hí becómon tó ðǽre stigole þǽr se þeóf oferstáh

    (got over

    ) in ðone wyrttún,
      Gr. D. 24, 8.
  • Dó ealu ꝥ þá wyrta oferstíge (

    rise above

    ),
      Lch. ii. 104, 17.
  • Oferstigan

    praecellerent (ut pyrae cacumina obelisci proceritatem triginta cubitis praecellerent ),

      An. Ox, 3530.
  • Gif hwilc gedwola wyle þæt anginn oferstígan (cf. wylle gít stígan ufor, 23),

      Hml. S. 1. 20. [Ꝥ flod wex . . .
    .
  • Hwenne so wil wit oferstieð (

    gets the upper hand of),

      Misc. 192, 1.
    ]
add: with the idea of passing across or beyond
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  • Gewyrc ánne hring ymb þone slite útan, ne oferstíhð hit furðor,

      Lch. ii. 112, 1.
  • Hé oferstáh ealle gesceafta,

      Hml. S. 15, 164.
  • Mið dý oferstág

    (transcendisset)

    se Hǽlend in scip ofer ðæt luh,
      Mk. L. R. 5, 21.
Etymology
[He wiðstod þet Englisce folc þet hí ne micte þa brigge oferstigan, Chr. 1066; P. 108, 28. Cf. In the ouersteȝyng (passyn ouer) of Arnon, Wick. Is. 16, 2.]
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  • ofer-stígan,