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  • Iósue and Israhéla folc oferwunnon seofon ðeóda; eahtoðe wæs Pharao . . . swá sceolon crístene men ðá eahta heáfodleahtras mid heora werodum ealle oferwinnan,

      Hml. Th. ii. 218, 12-17.

  • Hé unáliéfede lustas átemige and oferwinne

    illicitas suggestiones edomare,

      Past. 383, 6.

  • Ne lǽt mé nánwiht oferwinnan on þís wege, þat ic ne mage cuman tó þé

    nihil mihi repugnare facias tendenti ad te,

      Solil. H. 14, 2.

  • Vespasianus ásende his sunu tó oferwinnenne ðá earman Iúdéiscan,

      Hml. Th. i. 402, 30.

  • Oferwinnendum

    expugnaiore,

      Scint. 8, 15.

  • Þá wæs oferwunnan (-wunen, An. Ox. 3855) grassaretur, i. vastaretur (dum fames Ægypti vulgus

    grassaretur),

      Hpt. Gl. 497, 8.

  • Oferwunnenre þǽre ofermódignesse

    extinctam superbiam,

    Prud. 38 a.
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[v. N. E. D. over-win.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-winnan.” 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/56302.

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