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ofer-sprecan

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ofer-stæppan

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Hí ymb hine gemearcodon ánne bring on þǽre eorðan, and héton ꝥ hé nǽnige þinga mid his fét þone bring ne oferstópe in terra circulum designaverunt, extra quem pedem tendere nullo modo auderet, Gr. D. 197, 1. Add

ofer-swíþedlic

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ofer-tæl

(adj.)
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ofer-tæl, adj.
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That estimates too highly (?), superstitious Warna symle ofertæle andgyt caue semper superstitiosam intelligentiam, Scint. 218, 10

ofer-þearf

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Ágan þá yldran on Crístenum folce ðæs oferþearfe, þæt hí heora gingran Gode gestrýnan. Wlfst. 38, 23: 301, 15. Add

ofer-þeón

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Þe oferþyó ealle ýsta sanda (alimoniam) quae cuncta diliciarum fercula praecellat, An. Ox. 11, 33. Add

ofer-tredan

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Flíhð ǽlc hors áfǽred ðurh ðá ylpas, and gif him hwá wiðstent hé byð sóna ofertreden (oftreden, v. l. ], Hex. 16, 14. Add

ofer-trúwa

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Be ofertrúwan, Wlfst. 48, 5. See next word. Add

ofer-tyht

(n.)
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ofer-wadan

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ofer-welig

(adj.)
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ofer-welig, adj.
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Exceedingly rich Ðá forlegeran and þá godwracan and þá ofe[r]welgan, Nap. 50

ofer-wenian

(v.)
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Oferwenodne líchaman þreágeað insolens corpus castigant, Scint. 52, 14. Add

ofer-willan

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add: to cause to boil over, Lch. ii. 24, 22

ofer-winnendlic

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ofer-wist

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Monige welige menn lǽtað cuelan hungre Crístes ðearfan, and fédað yfle gliigmen mid oferwiste nonnulli divites, cum fame crucientur Christi pauperes, effusis largitatibus nutriunt histriones, Past. 327, 7. Add

ofer-wrigen

Similar entry: un-oferwrigen

ofer-wundenness

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ofer-bebeódan

(v.)

to command, rule

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to command, rule Ic wealdige vel oferbebeóde imperito. Wrt.Voc. i. 54, 52

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ofer-bídan

(v.)

to outlast, outlive, survive

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to outlast, outlive, survive Gif hwylces weres forme wíf biþ deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte; and gif hé ða oferbýt wunige hé á syððan wífleás, si supersit ei L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. Yldo oferbídeþ stánas, Salm. Kmbl. 599; Sal. 299

ofer-blíðe

(adj.)
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ofer-blíðe, adj.

Over-cheerful

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Over-cheerful Ðǽm oferblíðum laetis is tó cýðanne ða unrótnessa ðe ðǽræfter cumaþ, and ðám unblíðum sint tó cýðanne ða gefeán ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 27; Swt. 187, 15: 189, 4: 61; Swt. 455, 22